In every charge of murder, the fact of killing being first proved, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him ; for the law presumeth... A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases - Page 19by Henry Roscoe - 1840 - 854 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Oliver Selfridge - Murder - 1807 - 182 pages
...charge of murder, ihe fact of killing being first proved all the circumstances of accident,»ecessity or infirmity are to be satisfactorily proved by the...they arise out of the evidence produced against him." . The question you have before you is, whether the Defendant has proved either accident, or necessity,... | |
| Sir Michael Foster - Accomplices - 1809 - 504 pages
...first Malice pre . proved, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity a u n, e| iare to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless...of the evidence produced against him; for the law presumeth (I.,I . R aym the fact to have been founded in malice, until the contrary str ^; 773 _j uppeareth.... | |
| Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 202 pages
...: and therefore, all circumstances alleged by way of justification, excuse, or alleviation, must be proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him. Upon the truth of these facts, so alleged, the jury alone are to decide ; but whether, taking them... | |
| Trials (Murder) - 1820 - 212 pages
...Crown Law, p, 255, as follows : " In every charge of murder, the fact of killing being Jirst pruned, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity,...the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence against him ; for the law presumes the fact to have been founded in malice, until the contrary appeareth."... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1824 - 594 pages
...party accused of malice aforethought. It should be observed however, that when the fact of killing is proved, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily shewn by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him ; for the law presumes... | |
| Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin (Attorney at law) - Crime - 1825 - 532 pages
...re.'ied upon the doctrine laid down by Mr. Justice Forster, ' that in every charge of murder, the fact of killing being first proved, all the circumstances...against him; for the law presumes the fact to be founded on malice until the contrary appears:' that, upon the present occasiou, there was no one fact of provocation... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 734 pages
...instance of homicide, amounting, in point of law, to murder; and in every charge of murder, the Fact of killing being first proved, all the circumstances...they arise out of the evidence produced against him. I think 1 can say without vanity, that however defective in knowledge I may be on other subjects, 1... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 736 pages
...instance of homicide, amounting, in point )f law, to murder; and in every charge of murder, the "act of killing being first proved, all the circumstances...necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily Droved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him. I think 1 can say... | |
| William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...circumstances of necessity, accident, or infirmity, which justify, excuse, or extenuate the act, are to be proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced agaitut him. It is for the jury to pronounce upon the truth of such facts ; and it is for the court... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...proved, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily shewn by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence...produced against him ; for the law presumes the fact to have been founded in malice until the contrary appears, (g) A charge of murder by forcing a person... | |
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