 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1916 - Broj stranica: 848
...The instruction complained of was that if the defendant had a reasonable apprehension that his own life was in danger or that he was in danger of serious bodily injury, he had a right to defend himself even to the extent of taking the life of the decedent; 88 NJL St»te... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - Broj stranica: 738
...before the killing were of such a character as to warrant the defendant in coming to the conclusion that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm at the hands of the deceased, and that such danger was imminent, the defendant had... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1893 - Broj stranica: 800
...npon it. The respondent insisted upon the trial that at the time of the shooting he honestly believed that his -life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm, and that the shooting was necessary in order to save himself from such threatened... | |
 | 1870 - Broj stranica: 546
...that the circumstances of the offense were such as to excite the reasonable fears of the defendant on of the authorities, that the action could not bo maintained ; and said: "Where a thus justify his act. Ib. 3. Idem. — In a case of homicide where it is doubtful which party commenced... | |
 | L. B. Horrigan, Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1874 - Broj stranica: 1132
...and thereby increasing the probabilities that he committed the offence. able fears of the defendant that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of serious bodily injury, and thus justify his act. [Ace. Sloan's case, ante, p 516, and citations ; Keener's case, ante, p. 539.]... | |
 | 1897 - Broj stranica: 642
...table he picked up a knife and struck the deceased, and that in striking with the knife he had reason to believe that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm, then such striking would be justified and the verdict of the jury should be not... | |
 | Ira M. Moore - 1876 - Broj stranica: 920
...the deceased, which caused his death, and that he inflicted said wounds in self-defense, believing that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of receiving gre*t bodily harm from the deceased, and that such danger was so urgent and pressing, that... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1878 - Broj stranica: 524
...own, under oath, in the presence of the jury, that at the time of the fatal shot he really believed his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of receiving great bodily injury. It was a fact proper to be considered and weighed by the jury, as to... | |
 | 1882 - Broj stranica: 970
...battery with intent to kill, the f-ircuit judge refused to charge that "if the prisoner really thought his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm, he is not guilty, provided he did not negligently come to this conclusion." Held,... | |
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... that his life was In danger, or that he was In danger of serious bodily Injury, and thus justify his act. 
