State v. Cohen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blachhawh District Court. — IioN. A. S. Blair, J udge. FroM a judgment convicting bim of the crime of arson, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1 — The evidence was wholly circumstantial. Thu court, as the eleventh paragraph of the charge, gave this instruction: “The ruling requiring the jury to be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt, in order to warrant a conviction, does not require that the jury should be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of each link in the chain of- evidence relied upon to establish the defendant’s guilt. It is sufficient, if, taking the testimony all together, the jury are satisfied beyond a reasonable *210doubt that the defendant is guilty.” What the court doubtless intended to say was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. OstranderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
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