A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal... The New York Supplement - Side 5671889Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1922 - 1122 sider
...fact against it.1* § 142. Innocence. — It is a cardinal rule in all criminal cases that a defendant "is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is...his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal."16 The presumption of innocence is a disputable one,18 which attends an accused from... | |
| Oklahoma - 1921 - 672 sider
...restrict the argument to one counsel on each side. (5874 RL 1910) 839. Defendant Presumed Innocent — A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be...contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt as ,to whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to be acquitted. (5875 RL 1910) "Reasonable... | |
| Panama Canal (Panama) - 1922 - 336 sider
...offense, the court may, in its discretion, restrict the argument to one counsel on each side. SEC. 179. A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be...contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, he is entitled to an acquittal. SEC. 180. When it appears that the defendant has committed... | |
| 1911 - 964 sider
...doubt of the correctness of their first conclusion. Section 1096 of the Penal Code provides as follows: "A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be...his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal." We can see no way by which practical effect can be given to this provision of the law,... | |
| 1926 - 968 sider
...presumption throughout the trial of the case, where in one of the instructiona given the jury is told: "A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved. And in a case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal.... | |
| 1923 - 938 sider
...that, by the use of the word "satisfactorily" in an instruction, "The accused person under our system is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether or not his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal," the jury were not led to... | |
| 1926 - 968 sider
...presumption throughout the trial of the case, where in one of the instructions given the jury is told: "A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until- the contrary is proved. And in a case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal.... | |
| 1923 - 924 sider
...how appellant could have been harmed by the court's refusal to permit him to ask the question. True, a defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and the burden is upon the prosecution to prove every element of the crime by evidence sufficient to satisfy... | |
| 1921 - 948 sider
...Chief Justice Shaw in the Webster case. (5 Cush. (Mass.) 295, [52 Am. Dec. 711].) The jurors were told that "a defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proven"; that "in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled... | |
| 1921 - 956 sider
...Chief Justice Shaw in the Webster case. (5 Cush. (Mass.) 295, [52 Am. Dec. 711].) The jurors were told that "a defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proven"; that "in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled... | |
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