Barnard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. Tattnall superior court. December 5, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtTubnee, J.
1. It is not ground for a new trial that the judge charged the jury as follows : “ By a reasonable doubt is not meant some vague or fanciful doubt, but such a doubt as arises from the testimony in the mind of a rearsonable man and leaves it hesitating, unsettled, and undecided.” Such a charge does not imply that a reasonable doubt may not arise as well from a lack of evidence as from facts brought to light which are consistent with the innocence of the accused, but is in accord with the law as heretofore laid down by this court. See Jesse v. State, 20 Ga. 156 (10), 168; John v. State, 33 Ga.…
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