Owen v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The evidence authorized the verdict.

Error is alleged upon the following portion of the charge: “The defendant enters upon the trial of the case with the presumption of innocence in his favor, and that presumption remains with him throughout the trial and until and unless the State shall overcome it and remove it by the introduction of testimony in your presence and hearing sufficient to convince your minds beyond a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused.” It is contended that the court should have said, “guilt of the crime…