No one can doubt that presumptions may be made in criminal … - John Bayley

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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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Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet (1763–1841), was an English judge. He was called to the bar in 1792, and was made a judge of the King's Bench in 1808. After sitting in this court for more than twenty-two years, he was at his own request removed to the Court of Exchequer in November 1830. He resigned his seat on the bench in February 1834, and in the following month was created a baronet and admitted to the privy council.

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Alternative Names: Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt. • Rt. Hon. Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt. • A Layman • Sir John Bayley

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