“BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.”
.— REMARKS OF A JUDGE. A clear definition of the right of a prisoner to acquittal when there ,is a doubt, was given by Mr-Justice Herdman in the Auckland Supreme Court, last week, after counsel for an accused had told the jury that they-must give the prisoner “the benefit of the doubt.” “There is no rule that a prisoner is entitled to the benefit of the doubt,” said the Judge, “and it has recently been pointed out, by the Recorder of London that there is no such thing as the benefit of a doubt. The Crown in all criminal cases undertakes to prove beyond all doubt that the prisoner is guilty. If there is any real doubt the prisoner is entitled to acquittal a matter of right.”
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 22, 21 February 1927, Page 8
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