Wade v. State

The appellant was indicted jointly with Mary Brown, for the murder of John Brown, and, upon a separate trial, was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. Among the instructions given by the 'Court of its own motion to the jury, the sixth was as follows:

“6. Facts and circumstances to be considered against the accused must be proved to be true beyond all reasonable doubt. And those tending in his favor need only be proved by evidence sufficient to cause a reasonable belief of their truth.”

It is urged upon'us with great force of argument and illustration, that the second branch of this…