Baalam v. State

Citations

• 17 Ala. 451

Syllabus

<p>1. tVhen it is shown that a crime has been committed and the circumstances point to the accused as the guilty agent, facts tending to show a motive, although remote, are admissible in evidence. The jury, however, cannot be too cautious with respect to the importance they attach to this species of testimony.</p> <p>2. There is a wide difference between presumptions of law and presumptions of fact. The law draws no presumption except from facts, which, unexplained, are conclusive of guilt; but presumptions of fact are to be drawn by the jury, and every fact that tends to prove the guilt, or to prove a fact that is evidence of it, is admissible and proper for their consideration.</p>