 This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle, that a person must be presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and willfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences of his own acts.  The Northeastern Reporter - Page 841895Full view - About this book
 | John White Webster, George Bemis - Evidence, Circumstantial - 1850 - 730 pages
...to show justification or excuse, there is nothing to rebut the natural presumption of malice. This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle,...presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and wilfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences... | |
 | John White Webster, James Winchell Stone - Evidence, Circumstantial - 1850 - 340 pages
...circumstances, the case will be such as to warrant the conviction of the party. This rule is founded upon the plain and obvious principle, that a person must be presumed to intend to do that which he in fact does ; and that he must intend the natural, probable, and usual consequences of his own acts.... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 702 pages
...to show justification or excuse, there is nothing to rebut the natural presumption of malice. This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle,...presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and wilfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 704 pages
...to show justification or excuse, there is nothing to rebut the natural presumption of malice. This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle,...presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and wilfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences... | |
 | Horatio Robinson Storer - 1868 - 262 pages
...attending circumstances ; if they do not, there is nothing to rebut the natural presumption of malice. This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle,...presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and wilfully does in fact do ; and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences... | |
 | Crime - 1874 - 306 pages
...render him liable, then you will look to the weapons with which the violence was inflicted. TLc rule is that a person must be presumed to intend to do that which he voluntarily and willfully does do in fact, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences of his own acts.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 994 pages
...The rule to which the judge most likely referred and intended to give is that "a person is presume d to intend to do that which he voluntarily and willfully does in fact do." Curry v. State, 4 Neb. 545. Here, however, there is not even the shadow of a doubt that the blow was... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 938 pages
...The language of Chief Justice SHAW, in the case of Com. v. Webster, 5 Gush. 305, is as follows: "This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle...which he voluntarily and willfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and usual consequences of his own act." To hold... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1006 pages
...him responsible for all the consequences." wealth v. "Webster, 5 Cashing 305, is as follows: "This rule is founded on the plain and obvious principle,...which he voluntarily and willfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable and usual consequences of his own act." To hold tne... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1148 pages
...charging the jury in Commonwealth v. Webster, 5 Cush. 205, 52 Am. Dec. 711, Shaw, CJ, said: "This rule j is founded on the plain and obvious principle that...which he voluntarily and willfully does in fact do, and that he must intend all the natural, probable, and -usual consequences of his own acts." The Supreme... | |
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