Williams v. State

Citations

• 41 Tex. 209

Syllabus

<p>1. Trial by jury.—When the evidence on the trial of a criminal cause tends to establish different and opposite conclusions, it is for the jury to And their verdict upon the evidence which, in their judgment, is entitled to most credit; and if the judge who tried the cause has refused to set aside a verdict of guilty found on such evidence, the conviction will not be disturbed in this court.'</p> <p>2. CibcumstantiaXi EVIDENCE.—To authorize a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the circumstances should not only be consistent with the prisoner’s guilt, but inconsistent with any other rational ‘ conclusion or reasonable hypothesis consistent with the facts proven.</p>