 | 1877 - 692 strani
...doubt, that the prisoner was insane at the time the act was committed. Held, eiTor. This statement is too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree of proof beyond the legal measure of his defence. That measure is simply proof which is satisfactory — such as flows fairly from a preponderance... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1884 - 1012 strani
...beyond a reasonable doubt that the prisoner was insane at the time the act was committed. This statement is too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree of proof beyond the legal measure of his defence. That measure is simply proof which is satisfactory — such as flows fairly from a preponderance... | |
 | 1890 - 1148 strani
...reasonable doubt, " etc. This court, commenting on that part of the charge, said: "This statement ia too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree...flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence. It need not be beyond doubt. * * * Where the evidence raises a balancing question, and the mind is... | |
 | 1912 - 1148 strani
...of evidence offered to establish an alibi is the question, is simply that it shall be satisfactory. "That measure is simply proof which is satisfactory...flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence. It need not be beyond doubt. Where the evidence raises a balancing question, and the ance, there may... | |
 | 1910 - 1132 strani
...prisoner upon a decree of proof beyond the legal measure of his defense; that all that Is required Is proof which Is satisfactory, such as flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence, and the judgment was accordingly reversed. In Coyle v. Com., 100 Pa. 573, 45 Am. Rep. 397, the instruction... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Isaac Hayes Shields - 1884 - 524 strani
...reasonable doubt, that the prisoner was insane at the time the act was committed. // ' /. this statement is too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree of proof beyond the legal measure of defence. It need not be beyond doubt. A reasonable doubt of the fact of insanity, on the other hand,... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Isaac Hayes Shields - 1883 - 618 strani
...doubt, that the prisoner was insane at the time the act was committed." //•/..", " This statement is too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree of proof beyond the legal measure of defence." "It need not be beyond doubt." "A reasonable doubt of the fact of insanity, on the other... | |
 | Charles K. Morganroth - 1918 - 452 strani
...of evidence offered to establish an alibi is the question, is simply that it shall be satisfactory. 'That measure is simply proof which is satisfactory...flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence. It need not be be vond doubt. Where the evidence raises a balancing question, and the mind is brought... | |
 | Charles K. Morganroth - 1918 - 462 strani
...of evidence offered to establish an alibi is the question, is simply that it shall be satisfactory. 'That measure is simply proof which is satisfactory...flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence. It need not be beyond doubt. Where the evidence raises a balancing question, and the mind is brought... | |
 | 1877 - 658 strani
...committed, and the jury found a verdict of murder in the first degree. Held, error. This statement is too stringent, and throws the prisoner upon a degree...flows fairly from a preponderance of the evidence. It need not be beyond doubt. A reasonable doubt of the fact of insanity, on the other hand, is not... | |
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... satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, that the' prisoner was insane at the time the act was committed. 
