The American Law Review, Volume 8Little, Brown, and Company, 1874 - Law |
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... doubts under the testimony , whether the act amounted to murder or manslaughter , they were bound to find the defendant guilty of murder , as it lay upon the defendant to show clearly and beyond a reasonable doubt , that the offence was ...
... doubts under the testimony , whether the act amounted to murder or manslaughter , they were bound to find the defendant guilty of murder , as it lay upon the defendant to show clearly and beyond a reasonable doubt , that the offence was ...
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... doubt on the whole evidence , as well as to the malice as to the fact of killing , to entitle him to an acquittal . The doctrine of the charge , sustained by the majority of the court in this case , was subsequently relied upon by the ...
... doubt on the whole evidence , as well as to the malice as to the fact of killing , to entitle him to an acquittal . The doctrine of the charge , sustained by the majority of the court in this case , was subsequently relied upon by the ...
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... doubt as to the character of the homicide . The same rule was in general terms laid down in the trial of the notorious Laura Fair in 1872.2 3 The presumption that all homicide is murder has been recog- nized also in Georgia . While in ...
... doubt as to the character of the homicide . The same rule was in general terms laid down in the trial of the notorious Laura Fair in 1872.2 3 The presumption that all homicide is murder has been recog- nized also in Georgia . While in ...
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... doubt that such a state of facts existed as might furnish a justification of the act or mitigate it to some lower degree in the scale of crime . In a subsequent case , determined by the Court of Appeals in 1870 , the rule as to the ...
... doubt that such a state of facts existed as might furnish a justification of the act or mitigate it to some lower degree in the scale of crime . In a subsequent case , determined by the Court of Appeals in 1870 , the rule as to the ...
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... doubt that the killing was felonious , the verdict must be , not guilty . " 2 This case was explained in a sub- sequent case before the same court as follows : " This court , after careful consideration , laid down the rule [ in U. S. v ...
... doubt that the killing was felonious , the verdict must be , not guilty . " 2 This case was explained in a sub- sequent case before the same court as follows : " This court , after careful consideration , laid down the rule [ in U. S. v ...
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