 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1906 - Broj stranica: 952
...he must produce sufficient proof to overcome the evidence of his presence already in, and thus raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury as to the commission of the offense by him. State v. Lowry, 42 W. Va. 205, 24 SE 561. In criminal prosecutions,... | |
 | 1907 - Broj stranica: 1336
...reference to the doctrine of reasonable doubt, is in these words: ''Where a reasonable doubt exists In the minds of the jury as to the guilt of the defendants, or either of them, of any one of the offenses charged, the defendants must have the benefit... | |
 | 1910 - Broj stranica: 1302
...mind a reasonable doubt, but it doesn't have to. You weigh the fact of good character the same as «ny fact In the case with all the facts, and then say...the guilt of the accused, and lead them to believe la view of the improbabilities that a person of such character would be guilty of the crime charged... | |
 | 1910 - Broj stranica: 1280
...elementary, but universal in its application to criminal cases, that If a defendant succeeds in raising a reasonable doubt in the minds of the Jury as to the existence of any fact which Is essential to the proof of his guilt it would be the duty of the jury... | |
 | 1910 - Broj stranica: 1132
...elementary, but universal In Its application to criminal cases, that If a defendant succeeds In raising a reasonable doubt In the minds of the jury as to the existence of any fact which Is essential to the proof of his guilt It would' be the duty of the Jury... | |
 | 1911 - Broj stranica: 2046
...legal effect of such evidence is only to strengthen and support any reasonable doubt which may exist in the minds of the jury as to the guilt of the accused, and it might have the effect in certain cases to raise a doubt, which would otherwise not be considered... | |
 | David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - 1913 - Broj stranica: 752
...arising from a candid and impartial consideration of the evidence, or want of evidence; and such a doubt in the minds of the jury as to the guilt of the accused entitles him to an acquittal. (February 24, 1911.) PENNEWJLL, CJ, and BOYCE and CONRAD, JJ, sitting.... | |
 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1914 - Broj stranica: 832
...the jury to believe all the testimony, but, if there was such a conflict in the testimony as to leave a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury as to the guilt or innocence of defendant, then they must acquit. Crane v. State, 111 Ala. 45, 20 So. 590. Conclusiveness... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1914 - Broj stranica: 944
...if a consideration of the proof of his good character, considered along with the evidence, creates a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury as to the defendant's guilt, then it would be the duty of the jury to give the defendant the benefit of the doubt... | |
 | 1914 - Broj stranica: 804
...defense, the burden of establishing such alibi is on the defendant, and, if he succeeds in raising a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury as to the fact of his presence at the place and at the time the offense was committed, he is entitled to an acquittal,... | |
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Thereafter the defendant's counsel requested the court to charge: "That the character of the defendant may be such as to create a reasonable doubt In the minds of the jury... 
