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MURPHY v. UNITED STATES

No. 4005.

33 F.2d 896 (1929)

MURPHY v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

July 18, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Gray, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

George W. Coles, U. S. Atty., and Henry B. Friedman, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Philadelphia, Pa.

Before BUFFINGTON and WOOLLEY, Circuit Judges, and FAKE, District Judge.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

While it took three days to try this case, and many substantial questions were involved, no error is now alleged save a single sentence of the charge as to a reasonable doubt which reads, "`Reasonable doubt' means a doubt for which some sound reason can be assigned in your minds." Standing by itself and removed from the context, these words might possibly be open to the objection raised in some adjudged cases that a doubt to be reasonable...

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