UNITED STATES v. SILVA


180 F.Supp. 557 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America v. Angel Manuel SILVA, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., New York City, Mark F. Hughes, Jr., New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Florence M. Kelley, New York City, Bernard Moldow, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

To charge a man with a crime is a serious matter; and so the law, through the accumulated wisdom of experience through the generations, requires that before a charge, with its serious consequences to an accused, may be upheld, the prosecution has the burden of establishing the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The rule as to the burden of proof is no less binding upon this Court as the trier of the fact than it is upon a jury of...

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