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in earnest wiui g'KW i pro* pec ta.i •tiltoCCccwti;hib’•lt;oiPrediThe lt;JatswoLD Case. —Judge Saw.yer yes ten I ay announced bis opinion in the ease of W. C. Griswold, plaintiff in error, against the United Stales, re versing the case and remanding it to T the district court. The points decided hy Judge Sawyer briefly stated are as follows: In a civil case in which thetight to recover depend* on the qes tion w hether the defendant has committed a crime, the crime must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Sec cmd, the knowledge of an agent willnot charge the principal, when crimeis the subject of inquiry, unless the defendant has actual knowledge of thef icts known to the agent. The ca*ewas twice tried before Judge Deadv, the first trial resulting in a disagree ment of the jury, and the second in averdict against Griswold for $35,000.The reversal of the ease by Judge Saw. yer will make other proceedings in the district court necessary. It is just to Judge Deadv to say that after a morefull examination of the case' Than hewas able to make at the trial he concurred with Judge Sawyer in the sec* ond point made in his decision.—“Oregoiiian,” April 23d.oralthitfohtofWinHpi rvnih Tvm \T ■ W.n ~lii
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Jacksonville Oregon Sentinel
Jacksonville, Oregon, US
Wed, Apr 30, 1879
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