...to give a preference to the creditor, the intent to prefer is essential ; but every person is to be presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own acts, and if ' such acts do in fact give a preference, it is competent to infer the intent. Denny v. Dana,...

...instructions given to the jury in this case, ,it the request of the prosecution, we find the following: "A man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own acts; so the intent to murder is conclusively inferred from the use of a deadly weapon." Mailer is a word...

...intended to do so before that time, the evidence of that intention in this record is imperceptible. A man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts. The consequences of the acts of Grumbles here were that, although he delivere'! to his wife the...

...Justice Brown said : "This is nothing more than a statement of the familiar proposition that every man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own act." In Affnew v. US, 165 US 36, 50, 53, 17 Sup. Ct. 235, 241, 242 (41 L. Ed. 624), Mr. Chief Justice...

...inappreciably distant." This Is nothing more than a statement of the familiar proposition that every man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own act. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 18; Reg. v. Jones, 9 Car. & P. 258; Reg. v. Hill, 8 Car. & P. 274; Reg. v. Beard,...

...presumption may justly be regarded as conclusive against him. Another rule is that a sane man is conclusively presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own acts, and therefore an intent to murder may be presumed from the use of a dangerous weapon. This is a rule...

...as well as commission of the party relying on prior possession alone, and every man is conclusively presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own acts. The lapse of time is a material element in abandonment, as is also the delay of the first occupant...

...extenuation ; and the burden of disproving malice is upon the accused. 2. IDEM — Idem — Intent. — Every man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own acts. 3. IDEM — Idem— Justification . — The necessity relied on to justify the killing must not arise...

...case, to infer that he Intended to cause death." This instruction is also erroneous. While it is true that a man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts, It is true, also, that the presumption arising from the acts alone never extends beyond the actual...

...41 L. Ed. 528, says: "This is nothing more than a statement of the familiar proposition that every man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his own act. 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, § 18 ; Regina v. Jones, 9 C. & P. 25; Regina v. Hill. 8 C. & P. 274;...