...whether the person accused of a crime is guilty or not. In a criminal case a person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. There are two parties to a case, "the plaintiff" and "the defendant." Usually, in civil cases, each...

...of the Act simply shifts the burden of proof. It is an exception to the general rule that a person is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. In other words, the statute makes the fact of possession or control prima facie proof of guilt unless...

...will enable the paper to avoid paying damages. Contrary to the conditions under the penal law, where a man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty, in civil suits for libel the burden of the proof of the truth falls upon the newspaper and not upon...

...regard to the presumption of the prisoner's innocence. Mr. Allan has gone into that fully. The prisoner is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. That is quite true, but on the other hand, as soon as there is sufficient evidence before you which...

...as represented by the average juryman. Let us discuss this "sporting" theory of justice. The accused is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. He may have committed any number of other crimes, he may be a confirmed criminal, but, in the trial...

...further charge you, gentlemen, as rei quested by the counsel for the prisoner, that 1 the prisoner is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty, and that he must j be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt: i but this doubt must be an actual and...

...these things better in Scotland. I have every respect and reverence for the great principle of English law that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty ; but, nevertheless, there seems logically to be room for the third verdict, which will Russell grant...

...and he will hear me state that this committee recognizes that statement by Mr. Reuther as fundamental law, that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proven guilty, but right at that point I wish to say that this committee is not finding any person...

...sin against a cardinal principle of our jurisprudence. What is that principle ? Simply this—that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. Under this verdict a man who is not proved to be guilty is sent forth in the world with a stigma attached...

...exists, then it is no longer manslaughter, but murder. Charge. for the prisoner, that the prisoner is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty, and that he must be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt ; but this doubt must be an actual and...