 Probable cause is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor, as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person arrested is guilty.  Rapports Judiciaires de Québec - Page 1871880Full view - About this book
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 1036 pages
...Probable cause for instituting a prosecution is such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor, as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, or to entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person accused is guilty." Chief J. Slmw in... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 890 pages
...prosecution, or circumstances sufficient to warrant a prudent man in the belief that the party is guilty, or such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to entertain a belief of the guilt, but Bitting v. Ten Eyck. я mere suspicion, or even an honest belief... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 686 pages
...prosecution, or circumstances sufficient to warrant a prudent man in the belief that the party is guilty, or such a state of facts -as would lead a man of ordinary caution &nd prudence to entertain a belief of the guilt, but a mere suspicion, or even an honest belief of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1150 pages
...himself with the matters pertaining to that litigation, and as the result of mich investigation found such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to beHeve that the claim against Tomkins & Co. was meritorious, then he had probable cause for continuing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1156 pages
...established in civil cases for malicious prosecution or false imprisonment, which is that, to establish probable cause, "there must be such a state of facts as would lend a man of ordinary care and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion that... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1040 pages
...instituting a criminal prosecution. Such belief must rest upon reasonable grounds, and be induced by such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary prudence and caution to entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the accused is guilty of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1132 pages
...regard to the reasonableness of his thoughts, but whether there was such a state of facts in his mind as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe or entertain an honest and strong suspicion that plaintiff was guilty. [Ed. Note.— For other cases,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 974 pages
...warrant a prudent man in the belief that the party [the plaintiff in this case] is guilty, of such state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to entertain a belief of guilt." (11) "The jury cannot find that the defendant, in prosecuting plaintiff... | |
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