 ... nothing; or when all the proofs are dependent upon one, the number of proofs neither increase nor diminish the probability of the fact; for the force of the whole is no greater than the force of that which they depend; and if this fails, they all...  An Essay on Crimes and Punishments - Page 52by Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1819 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - Capital punishment - 1788 - 256 pages
...or whenall the proofs are dependent upon one, the num-- tor of proofs neither tncreafe nor diminifh the probability of the fact ; for the force of the whole is no greater than the force of that oa< •which they depend ; and if this fails* they all.' fall to the ground. When the proofs are independent... | |
 | Crime - 1804 - 474 pages
...general theorem is of great use in determining the certainty of a fact. When the proofs of a crime are dependent on each other, that is, when the evidence...taken separately, proves nothing, or when all the proof* are dependent upon one, the number of proof's neither increase nor diminish the probahility... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1815 - 600 pages
...observed ( i ), that when the proofs are dependant on each other, or when all the proofs are dependant upon one, the number of proofs neither increase nor...probability of the fact ; for the force of the whole is not greater than the force of that, on which they depend ; and if this fails, they all fall to the... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1816 - 746 pages
...consistent. It has been very justly observed (1), that when the proofs are dependent on each other, or when all the proofs are dependent upon one, the...probability of the fact ; for the force of the whole is not greater than the force of that, on which they depend.; and if this fails, they all fall to the... | |
 | Esek Cowen - Justices of the peace - 1821 - 804 pages
...the evidence of ea h witness taken sepurately, proveg nothing, or when all the proofs are dependant upon one. the number of proofs neither increase nor...probability of the fact; for the force of the whole is m greater than the force of that on which they depend ; and if this fills, they all fall to the ground.... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1822 - 644 pages
...consistent. It has been very justly observed (2), that when the proofs are dependent on each other, or when all the proofs are dependent upon one, the number of proofs neither increase nor dimmish the probability of the fact: for the force of the whole is not greater than the force of that... | |
 | Crime - 1836 - 564 pages
...more consistent. "It has been very justly observed, that when the proofs are dependent'on each other, or when all the proofs are dependent upon one, the number of proofs neither increase or diminish the probability of the fact ; for the force of the whole is not greater than the force... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Simmons - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1843 - 678 pages
...event likely. Beccaria has accurately remarked that when all the proofs of a fact are dependent on one, the number of proofs neither increase nor diminish the probability of the fact ; for the value of the whole is reduced to the value of that on which they depend ; and if this fail, they all... | |
 | Thomas Percival - Medical ethics - 1849 - 214 pages
...the following excellent theorem concerning judicial evidence : — " When the proofs of a crime are dependent on each other, (that is, when the evidence...are dependent upon one, the number of proofs neither increases nor diminishes the probability of the fact ; for the force of the whole is no greater than... | |
 | William Bell - Law - 1861 - 888 pages
...punishing ninety-nine guilty persons, has always been repudiated. " When the proofs of a crime are dependent on each other, that is, when the evidence...are dependent upon one, the number of proofs neither increases nor diminishes the probability of the fact ; but when the proofs are independent on each... | |
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