 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1865 - 806 pages
...defendant was shown to have commenced the affray, and he asked the court to instruct the jury, " that, if the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in great danger of losing his life, and under that belief killed the deceased, he was justified," this... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1874 - 468 pages
...on necessity ; and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life, or of receiving great bodily harm ; but it must also appear to the defendant's comprehension,... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1874 - 470 pages
...on necessity ; and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life, or of receiving great bodily harm ; but it must also appear to the defendant's comprehension,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 pages
...Boyd that, shortly before the first of that August, he had told him of certain threats that had been made against him; but, upon objection, the court refused...last instruction was entirely abstract It was not law under any state of facts. The other instruction was not sustained by the evidence, except in so far... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1876 - 620 pages
...suggested by this question, it is claimed, was offered by appellant for the purpose of showing that he had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of great bodily harm or the loss of his life at the time of the difficulty complained of, out of which... | |
 | California - 1881 - 806 pages
...on necessity, and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground, it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life, or of receiving great bodily harm, but it must also appear to the defendant's comprehension,... | |
 | 1886 - 1338 pages
...on necessity, and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground, it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life or of receiving great bodily harm, but it must also appear to the defendant's comprehension... | |
 | 1886 - 940 pages
...founded on necessity, and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life or of receiving great bodily harm, but it must also appear to the defendant's comprehension,... | |
 | 1896 - 922 pages
...upon necessity, and, in order to Justify the taking of life upon this ground, it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life or of receiving great bodily harm, but It must also appear to the defendant's comprehension... | |
 | 1896 - 1164 pages
...In order to justify the taking of life upon the ground of self-defense, it must not only appear that defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life or of receiving grent bodily harm, but it must also appear to defendant's comprehension... | |
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The law of selfdefense is founded on necessity, and in order to justify the taking of life upon this ground, it must not only appear that the defendant had reason to believe, and did believe, that he was in danger of his life or of receiving great bodily... 
