(CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE.) so frightened by the reckless firing of guns on the highway as to cause her to abort, resulting in her death, held not to render the one responsible for the firing indictable for murder. 327. Parole. A Virginia case holds that a prisoner who is paroled without statutory authority cannot, upon violation of the parole, be required to remain in prison beyond the time when the original sentence expired. 304. 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) Corpus delicti. The corpus delicti in arson, held to consist in proof of the burning and of criminal agency in causing it. 285. Reasonable doubt. An instruction which states that "reasonable doubt" means a doubt that has a reason for it; a doubt for which the jury can give a reason,held reversible error. 260. Is affidavit or verification by officer of |