...defendant la entitled, if he request it, to have a proper instruction given on evidence of good character. A defendant In a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary Is proved, and, when the proof tends to overthrow this presumption and to fix upon such defendant the presumption of...

...forget it In weighing the testimony." The language of the Penal Code (section 1006) Is brief and clear. "A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved." This, as over and over declared, means that a defendant has the unquestioned right to have the jury...

...a criminal action, to instruct the jury, clearly and ungrudgingly, in behalf of the defendant that, in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal. People v. Stephenson, 66 St. Rep. 566; 32 Supp. 1122. Not only must the guilt of the...

...sufficient to overcome the presumption of innocence. Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that " A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent, until the contrary be proved ; and in case of reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled...

...to all unconvicted prisoners. The statutes of Minnesota expressly declare (chapter 92 section 3): " A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proven." Some months ago, when inspecting the jail of Rice County, the secretary commented upon the...

...Hun, 347 ; Peo. v. Lopez, 2 Edm. SC, -K. § 389. Defendant presumed innocent — Reasonable doubt. — A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent, until the contrary be proved ; and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled...

...Defendant presumed innocent, until contrary proved ; in case of reasonable doubt, entitled to acquittal. A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent. until the contrary be proved ; and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled...

...the witnesses against him in the presence of the court (Code. Crim. Proc. §8), and to an acquittal in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown (Id. § 389). These fundamental rules were not observed in the trial of this case. Defendant was charged...

...note. 1096. Defendant presumed innocent until the contrary is proved — Reasonable doubt. SEO. 1096. A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until [PART II, TITLE VII, the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is...

...taken. (People v. King, 27 Cal. 515.) At the defendant's request the jury were charged that every person is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved ; and in case of a reasonable doubt as to whether the guilt of the defendant has been satisfactorily proved, he is entitled to the benefit...