| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1921 - 688 pages
...instruction, as it stated the law correctly. The seventh instruction is in this language : "You are the judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight to be attached to the testimony of each and all of them, and you are not bound to take the testimony of any... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (5th Circuit), William Burnham Woods - 1876 - 812 pages
...either positive or circumstantial, satisfactory to your minds, on which to base your verdict. You are the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight that ought to be given to their testimony. If a witness has been impeached by proof that in some things... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1890 - 716 pages
...in charging the jury, "may state the testimony and declare the law," and inform them that they are the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and of the weight of the evidence, and of the facts. Laws Utah, 1884, sec. 30, p. 125. The term "testimony," as here... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1890 - 658 pages
...were told that they must consider the evidence all together, and not go outside of it. They were told that they were the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence; that they umst consider it all together, not giving undue weight to... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1894 - 588 pages
...jury that they are the exclusive judges of all questions of fact." In this case the jury were charged that they were the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses, of the weight of the evidence, and of the facts. The record states the testimony of witness Stiffler... | |
| 1902 - 2074 pages
...important matters relating to your own affairs, you have no reasonable doubt ' You are the exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight to be attached to their testimony, and you will give it such weight as you deem it to be entitled to under... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 732 pages
...committed was not cured by the previous observation of the judge, that by the laws of Utah the jury are "the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight of the evidence and of the facts. " It is rather more correct to say that the effect of that observation... | |
| 1884 - 1060 pages
...impeachment." No instruction was asked on this subject by the defendant, and the court did say to the jury that they were the "sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony." We cannot say the court erred in failing to say more... | |
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