 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 664 pages
...case, cited with approval by this court in Donnelly v. State-, 26 Id. 601 (at p. 615), as follows: "It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is ' open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case which,... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 472 pages
...him guilty, although the testimony is but circumstantial. The term ' reasonable doubt,' does not mean a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. A reasonable doubt is that state of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 972 pages
...cited with approval by this court In Donnelly v. State, 26 N. J. Law, 601, at page 615, as follows: "It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It ¡в that state of the case which,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1140 pages
...-reasonable doubt. [13] Reasonable doubt Is an expression rather well understood, but not easily defined. It is not a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs is open to some possible, Imaginary i or speculative doubt. It is a real and substantial doubt, founded... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1134 pages
...doubt in the minds of the Jury. A reasonable doubt, however, does not Import in contemplation of law a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence Is open to some possible or Imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case which,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1138 pages
..."(9) The court charges the Jury that a reasonable doubt must be an actual and substantial doubt, not a mere possibility or speculation. It Is not a mere...to human affairs and depending upon moral evidence U open to some possible or Imaginary doubt. "(10) The court charges the Jury that in whatever form... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1044 pages
...of the state gave to the jury the following written charge: (1) "The court charges the jury that a doubt, to acquit the defendant, must be actual and...mere possibility or speculation. It is not a mere possibility or possible doubt because everything relating to human affairs and depending upon moral... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 972 pages
...charged the jury, on the request of the solicitor, as follows: "The doubt which requires an acquittal must be actual and substantial, not mere possibility...speculation. It is not a mere possible doubt, because every thing relating to human affairs and depending upon moral evidence is open to some possible or... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1076 pages
...doubt is one conformable to reason, a doubt which a reasonable man would entertain. It does not mean a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence is open to some possible imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1066 pages
...Knowles, 4 Saw. 517; People v. Finley, 38 Mich. 482, 483; United States v. Jones, 31 Fed. Rep. 718, 724. The doubt to acquit the defendant must be actual and...possibility or speculation. It is not a mere possible donbt because everything relating to human affairs, and depending upon moral evidence, is open to some... | |
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It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. 
