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
| William Hemingway - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 780 pages
...Ind. 484. Was there known to and influencing the appellant at the time he instituted the prosecution such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence, acting conscientiously, impartially, reasonably, and without prejudice, upon the facts within his knowledge,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1070 pages
...217, Chief Justice Shaw defines probable cause as "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 accused is guilty." Says Chief Justice... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 1300 pages
...him by the defendant." An instruction for defendant in defining probable cause stated that it meant such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary prudence to believe and entertain on honest and strong suspicion that the plaint ill was guilty of... | |
| Great Britain - 1913 - 442 pages
...dependent upon the fact of guilt. " 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 who is arrested is guilty." — Phillip... | |
| Elocution - 1921 - 422 pages
...prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted."67 Probable cause is such a state of facts, as would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence, acting conscientiously, impartially, reasonably and without prejudice, upon facts within the party's... | |
| Austin Abbott - Actions and defenses - 1918 - 968 pages
...by means which prevented plaintiff from setting up his defense.82 A decision or order against cutor 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.'" Kansas, etc., Coal... | |
| Arizona. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 700 pages
...the car had committed a felony, or, as stated by SHAW, CJ, in Bacon v. Towne, 4 Cush. (Mass.) 217: "There must be such a state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary care and prudence to believe, or entertain an honest and strong suspicion, that the person is guilty."... | |
| Law - 1920 - 904 pages
...Parker, 52 Me. 505. Probable cruse is defined as 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. It does not depend... | |
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