| William Blackstone - 1876 - 658 pages
...(13) Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. *And Sir Matthew Hale in particular (I) lays down two *r->rQ-i rules most prudent and necessary to... | |
| 1895 - 1088 pages
...— 'Quod dubitas, ne feceris.' " 1 Hale, PO 24. Blackstone (1753-1765) maintains that "the law holds that it Is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." 2 BL Comin. c. 27, marg. p. 358, ad flnem. How fully the presumption of Innocence had been evolved... | |
| William Blackstone - 1884 - 724 pages
...(11) Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one Г*чч{Л innocent suffer. *And Sir Matthew Hale in particular (/) lays down J two rules most prudent... | |
| Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1887 - 682 pages
...the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, it is not error to refuse an offered instruction " that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." 76. 45. Forgery. — Character of InKtrummt. — An instrument to which the accused intended to forge... | |
| Henry Roscoe - 1888 - 830 pages
...Comm. 359, that all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously, for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. The following case on this subject was cited by Garrow, arguendo in R. v. Hindmarsh, 2 Leach, 571.... | |
| Frank Sumner Rice - 1894 - 1062 pages
...Com. 359, that all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously, for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. See 1 Eoscoe, Crim. Ev. 16. Presumptions of law are, in reality, rules of law and part of the law itself;... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1895 - 782 pages
...danger, quod dubitas, ne faceris." 1 Hale PC 24. Blackstone (1753-1765) maintains that " the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one inno.cent suffer." 2 Bl. Com. c. 27, margin page 358, adfinem. How fully the presumption of innocence had been evolved... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...positive proof, he goes on : — ] The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this : — "That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...positive proof, he goes on : — ] The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this : — " That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
| Harry Clay Underhill - 1898 - 1122 pages
...presumptive, ic, circumstantial evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously, for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man shall suffer. Sir Matthew Hale, in 2 Hale PC 200, lays down two rules, the first of which is never... | |
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