 Probable cause is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor, as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person arrested is guilty.  Albany Law Journal - Page 2601886Full view - About this book
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 716 pages
...cause" was defined in Harpham y. Whitney, supra, as such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or to entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the person arrested is guilty. Substantially the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 716 pages
...Probable cause for instituting a prosecution is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, or entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person accused is guilty. Ib. 7. The defendant,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 624 pages
...Chief J ustico SUAW defines probablecause to be "such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, or entertain an houest,.and strong suspicion, that the person arrested is guilty." It is, however,... | |
 | Melville Madison Bigelow - Torts - 1875 - 830 pages
...which he is charged." So, in Bacon ». Towne, 4 Cush. 238, Shaw, CJ, said that probable cause meant such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the accused is guilty. In Barron ». Mason, 31 Vt.... | |
 | Law - 1876 - 816 pages
...ProlaUe Cause — Malice. — Probable cause is such a state of facts in tlie mind of the prosecutor as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion that tho person arrested is guilty. It does not depend... | |
 | John Townshend - Libel and slander - 1877 - 838 pages
...criminal case the crime charged." s Probable cause is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the person arrested is guilty.1 § 426. Formerly the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 422 pages
...criminality in the Atalaya can be drawn. A learned judge has said as to probable cause : "There must be such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary...prudence to believe and entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the person is guilty." (2) (1) Greenleaf on ev. \ 99, p. 116. Th« Atai»Ira J u the... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 1036 pages
...Probable cause for instituting a prosecution is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor, as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, or to entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person accused is guilty." Chief J. Slmw in... | |
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