Quote#Wisdom
No one can doubt that presumptions may be made in criminal as well as…
Quote byJohn Bayley · 1763–1841
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Trial of Sir Francis Burdett (King v. Burdett) (1820), 1 St. Tr. (N. S.) 131..
English (original)
No one can doubt that presumptions may be made in criminal as well as in civil cases. It is constantly the practice to act upon them, and I apprehend that more than one half of the persons convicted of crimes are convicted on presumptive evidence.
— John Bayley
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