 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1854 - 780 페이지
...to acquit him ; the charge not being proved by that higher degree of evidence which the law demands. In civil cases it is sufficient if the evidence on...the guilt of the party. In both cases a verdict may be well founded on circumstances alone; and these often lead to a conclusion far more satisfactory... | |
 | Abraham Oakey Hall - 1850 - 44 페이지
...OF THE NEW-YORK BAR. 'ft /L . 7 ~> ' // t Jif , * 4 « / '/r J •*• ""• ^^ 11 IN civil case*. It is sufficient if the evidence on the whole agrees with and suppDrts the hypothesis which it is adduced to prove ; but in criminal casts, it must ezcla.de every... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1866 - 756 페이지
...to acquit him ; the charge not being proved by that higher degree of evidence which the law demands. In civil cases, it is sufficient if the evidence,...be founded on circumstances alone ; and these often load to a conclusion far more satisfactory than direct evidence can produce.1 to 48. And see Commonwealth... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1867 - 656 페이지
...every hypothesis but the one proposed to be proved." 1 Stark, Ev. 575. The evidence " in criminal cases must exclude every other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party." 1 Grcenl. Ev. 13. "And this degree of conviction ought to be produced, when the facts proved coincide... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1871 - 670 페이지
...to acquit him, the charge not being proved by that higher degree of evidence which the law demands. In civil cases it is sufficient if the evidence on...other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party. 1 Greenleaf's Ev. § 13, a; 3 id. § 28; People v. McCann, 16 NY 58. Reasonable doubt is defined by... | |
 | 1872 - 954 페이지
...a great crimo creates an unusual tendency to exaggerate facts and draw rash inferences. — Ib. 14. In civil cases it is sufficient if the evidence on the whole agrees with and rapports the hypothesis which it is adduced to prove ; but in criminal oases, in order to a cceviction,... | |
 | L. B. Horrigan, Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1874 - 1132 페이지
...to acquit him, the charge not being proved by that higher degree of evidence which the law demands. In civil cases, it is sufficient if the evidence on...other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party. \ Greenleaf 's Ev., §13 a; 3 Ib., §29; People v. McCann, 16 NY, 58. Reasonable doubt is denned by... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1875 - 676 페이지
...would seem to be well founded. The correct rule is laid down by Greenleaf on Evidence, See. 13 d. " In civil cases, it is sufficient if the evidence,...hypothesis which it *is adduced to prove; but, in criminal [216} cases, it must exclude every other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party." The third... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1876 - 762 페이지
...to acquit him ; the charge not being proved by that higher degree of evidence which the law demands. In civil cases, it is sufficient if the evidence,...every other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party.1 In both cases, a verdict may well be founded on circumstances alone ; and these often lead... | |
 | 1896 - 620 페이지
...the case. Professor Greenleaf, in his Treatise on Evidence, which has become a legal classic, says: "In civil cases it is sufficient if the evidence,...other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party." And again: "It is therefore a rule of criminal law that the guilt of the accused must be fully proved.... | |
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In civil cases, it is sufficient if the evidence, on the whole, agrees with and supports the hypothesis which it is adduced to prove ; but in criminal cases it must exclude every other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party. 
