 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1890 - 782 pages
...considering the question of the credibility of the witnesses sworn in the case, you are the sole and exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to the testimony of any or all of them. "12. When witnesses directly contradict each other, then, in deciding... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883 - 678 pages
...for the jury to say how much weight, if any, should be given to the testimony of witnesses, and that the jury were the exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, the weight of the evidence, and the existence or non-existence of the facts relied upon by the plaintiff... | |
 | 1909 - 1164 pages
...question of fact presented by the testimony was for the Jury and not the court. The Jury are the sole and exclusive Judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony ; and, while the burden of proof was on plaintiff to sustain the averments of his complaint,... | |
 | 1890 - 1220 pages
...prosecution had to stand or fall. Itwas the right and duty of the court to Inform the jury that they were the exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony, and to call attention to the well-settled rules, in the light of which the credibility... | |
 | 1912 - 1344 pages
...experience. In Jury trials which are guaranteed by constitutional and statutory provisions, the Jury are the exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given to the testimony, and to authorize the court to take the case away from the jury "the evidence must be of... | |
 | 1909 - 1338 pages
...boys alone, let them move the house." This testimony was contradicted by the testimony of the sheriff, but the jury were the exclusive Judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and we cannot say that the verdict for exemplary damages was not warranted by the evidence. Land v.... | |
 | Texas. Court of Appeals - 1889 - 868 pages
...deOpinion of the court. fendant's guilt you should acquit him. As before given you in charge, you are the exclusive judges of the credibility of the •witnesses, and the weight to be given to the testimony, and of the facts proved; but you must receive the law as given you in charge by the court,... | |
 | Texas. Court of Appeals - 1889 - 828 pages
...in the State of Texas, at the time and while carrying the pistol, you should acquit him. "3. You are the exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given to their testimony. In criminal trials, the defendant is presumed to be innocent until the State, upon... | |
 | 1894 - 1228 pages
...10 Тех. App. 13; Benmengfleld v. Com., (Ky.) 22 SW 1020. After informing the Jury that they were exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to the testimony, the court further said: "You should reconcile all conflicts In the testimony, if you can;... | |
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District Judges are pronouncing no mere rigmarole when, in law cases, they charge jurors that they are the sole and exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony. 
