Legal Opinion

Densmore v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1879PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From the LaGrange Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

"Worden, J.

The appellant was indicted, in the court below, for stealing a cow, and upon trial was convicted and gent to the penitentiary.

The court gave to the jury certain charges, to which the defendant excepted. Among them are the following :

“4th. The presumption of innocence continues until the proof of guilt is made clear and conclusive, leaving no other reasonable inference, and excluding all reasonable doubt. A reasonable doubt is one suggested by, or arising out of, the proof made, and, after a full and fair consideration of all the evidence, pro and eon, remains in the mind, causing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bradley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Arnold v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
  3. Sullivan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Batten v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Jenney Electric Co. v. BranhamIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Beneks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1935
  4. State v. De LeaMontana Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Kennedy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

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