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" 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 Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 462
by Samuel March Phillipps - 1838 - 1079 pages
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Trial of Robert M. Goodwin: On an Indictment for Manslaughter for Killing ...

Trials (Murder) - 1820 - 212 pages
...cases upon which we expect to rely. Foster's Introduction to the Discourse on Homicide, § 1. p. 255. " In every charge of murder, the fact of killing being...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...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1

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...
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The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most ..., Volume 3

Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin (Attorney at law) - Crime - 1825 - 532 pages
...amounted to the crime of murder. They re.'ied upon the doctrine laid down by Mr. Justice Forster, ' that in every charge of murder, the fact of killing...necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him; for the law presumes...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 2; Volume 10; Volume 59

United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 734 pages
...implication of malice arises in every instance of homicide, amounting, in point of law, to murder; and in every charge of murder, the Fact of killing being...necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him. I think 1 can say...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 2; Volume 10; Volume 59

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...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 780 pages
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Writings: Literary, Critical, Juridical, and Political of ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1835 - 558 pages
...plain indications of a heart regardless of social duty, and fatally bent on mischief." In all charges of murder, the fact of killing being first proved,...circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity, which may justify or excuse it, are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner at his trial, unless...
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A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases

Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...malice arises in many cases^ "In every charge of murder," says Mr. Justice *Fos/er, "the fact of [ *21 ] killing being first proved, all the circumstances...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 presumes...
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The Case of the Queen, Against Serva and Others: Inclusive of the Trial, and ...

Francisco Ferreira Santa Serva (defendant.), William Bassett Hewson - Criminal jurisdiction - 1846 - 180 pages
...without doubt (I will prove it by three witnesses, and the circumstances which marked the case)—in every charge of murder, the fact of killing being...necessity, or infirmity, are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence adduced against him; for the law assirmeth...
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Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the ..., Volume 1

Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1846 - 598 pages
...Mr. Justice Foster (Cr. Law, p. 255) in these words : " In every charge of murder, the fact of the killing being first proved, all the circumstances...accident, necessity, or infirmity are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence producod against him ; for the law presumeth...
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