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Before and at Trial; What Should Be Done by Counsel, Solicitor and Client

Before and at Trial; What Should Be Done by Counsel, Solicitor and Client

Harris, Richard

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150542780
ISBN13: 9781150542787
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.23 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1890. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXIV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL, EVIDENCE. The injustice of convicting persons charged with capital offenses upon circumstantial evidence, has been a fruitful theme of discussion time out of mind. Few know how numerous are the cases where it has subsequently been discovered that an innocent person has suffered instead of the guilty paily. Our criminal annals record many cases where persons have actually been executed on evidence, which at the time left no doubt as to the guilt of the accused, and where it afterwards became manifest that they were innocent. These were cases where a web of circumstantial evidence surrounded the accused, pointing to his guilt, and apparently not allowing the possibility of any reasonable hypothesis, which would render the facts proved consistent with his innocence. It is the object of this chapter, not to discuss the principles and rules of circumstantial evidence, but to give instances, taken from the most authenticated sources, where, by reliance upon circumstantial evidence, the innocent have suffered instead of the guilty. The first case that we will give is that of a man executed for murder under the following circumstances: -- Two gentlemen were at supper together in an inn kept by Jonathan Bradford, near London, on the road to Oxford, when a third entered attended by a servant, and in the course of the conversation he said, among other things, that he was glad he had come to his journey's end, as he had a considerable sum of money in his possession. The three supped together, the landlord and servant being in the room. In due time they retired to their respective chambers. The two gentlemen that arrived first occupied a double-bedded room adjoining the one which the other gentleman occupied. Some hours after they were in bed, o...

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