The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-01

together. should be of conclusive ma.
ture and tendency, leading on the whole
TO satisfactory conclusion, and produc-
Ing IN effect reasonable and moral Ger.
tainty that the accused is guilty. Alb.
soiute, demonstrative certainty is not
required, nor need it be so conclusive as
to exclude every possibility of an error.
1t Will be sufficient if it satisfy the I'M
Outstanding. Of the jury beyond rea.
sonable doubt.
In the case at bar, the jury should
consider and carefully weigh the circum.
stantlal evidence offered under the rules
gwen. 1t, in connection with the direct
evidence offered, or if independently
the jury believe the facts and circum.
stances shown are inconsistent with any
other rational and reasonable conclu-
sion than the defendants guilt then it
would be your duty to so find and re-,
turn.
If, however, such facts proved can
fairly and reasonably be explained up-
on the hypothesis of the defendants
innocence, and if such facts do NOT ar.
clude every other theory than that of
guilt, then it will be your duty to give
the Innocent rather than the guilty in.
depreciation and return verdict of not
guilty.
Evidence has been introduced touch.
ing the reputation for truth and veraci.
ty of the witness John Woodland. Such
evidence may be considered by you as
affecting the credibility of such witness.
and fer no other purpose.
The evidence of various witnesses who
have testified is sought to be impeached
by the testimony of other witnesses
VINO testified to contradictory state.
ments made outside of court. Such
evidence may be considered by YOU as
affecting the credibility of such Wit
esses, and the value of their testimony.
and may be. given such weight as you
think 1T entitled to receive.
The jury are instructed that thew are
the sole judges of the credibility Of the
Witnesses. In determining their credi.
bllity you have right to take into con.
sideratlon their appearance on the
stand and manner of testifying; their
candor and fairness or lack of those
Qualities; their intelligence; or want of
intelligence; their knowledge of the
matters of which they testify, or lack Of
knowledge, their interest in the event
Of the case, or want of interest; the re-
latlonship of the witnesses to the parties
to the case, if any is shown; their tenn
per, feeling, bias, or prejudice, if any
Is shown; and to give each witness such
credit as in your judgment, under all
the circumstances, such witness has
shown himself entitled to receive.
The jury are instructed that they are,
the sole judges Of the weight of the
testimony. In determining what weight
should be given to the testimony before
you, you should consider the whole of
the evidence, and all the facts and cir
cumstances proved on the trial, giving
to the several parts of the evidence the
weight to which they are entitled. And
it is your duty, if possible, to reconcile
all the different parts of the testimony
and, it the evidence is conflicting, to
| carefully examine 1t in ell its parts, in
che light of these instructions, for the
purpose of determining the very truth of
the matters at issue. And in determining
any of the questions of facts presented.
IN this case, you should be governed
solely by the evidence introduced be-.
fore you; you should not indulge in any
speculations or conjectures as to which
might have been proven, or what might
have been shown to be true; and all
conclusions drawn by you should be,
based solely on the evidence before you
and not upon conjecture or speculation.
Your verdict should be in writing,
signed by your foreman, and should be,
in one of the following forms, to-wit:
The State Of Iowa,