United States v. Santiago Gonzales Castro

The principal error charged on this appeal is that the credibility of the witnesses for the prosecution was so in-paired upon the trial, that no reasonable *808jury could have been satisfied beyond a reasonable .doubt of the accuseds’ guilt. This assumes that in a criminal prosecution the judge may not submit -the. case to the jury unless he is himself satisfied, not only that there is testimony from which the accused’s guilt may be inferred, but also that reasonable persons might be so satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt. This theory is based on the postulate that the accused is entitled to a…