Clements v. State

Warren Clements on trial for murder was convicted, the jury recommending that he be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. He made a motion for new trial," which was refused. The bill of exceptions assigns error upon this judgment.

*1661. After charging the provisions of the Penal Code relative to the statement of the accused, the judge instructed the jury on the subject of reasonable doubt as follows: “A reasonable doubt in the law is one arising out of the case either from want, weakness, insufficiency, or conflict in the testimony, and which leaves the mind of an honest juror…