Indiana Supreme Court November 15, 1864 (Arnold v. State)

Erazer, J.

This was a prosecution for assault and battery. There was a jury trial, and conviction below.

The court below, (an attorney occupying the bench to try the cause) instructed the jury as follows: “A reasonable doubt as to any material fact must be such a doubt that convinces you that the fact does not exist. Perhaps in. this I may have given you the law a little too strong.