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In District Court for the
Second Judicial District
Utah Territory

The People of the United States
in Utah Territory
vs.
John D Lee - Imp'd

Instruction
for Prosecution

The Dist Atty for said Territory
requests the court to give the follow-
ing instructions to the jury to wit

First
Given
⏤Objected To⏤

To authorize the jury to
find the prisoner guilty⏤his
guilt must be proved beyond
a reasonable doubt⏤
And Proof which convinces
and directs the understanding and
satisfies the reason and judgment
of those who are found to act conscientiously
upon it is proof beyond
a reasonable doubt⏤If it leaves
in the mind an abiding conviction
to a moral certainty of the truth of
the charge

Second
Given

Here possible doubt is not a
reasonable doubt⏤because everything
relating to human affairs
are depending upon moral

In District Court for the
Second Judicial District
Utah Territory

The People of the United States
in Utah Territory
vs.
John D Lee - Imp'd

Instruction
for Prosecution

The Dist Atty for said Territory
requests the court to give the follow-
ing instructions to the jury to wit

First
Given
⏤Objected To⏤

To authorize the jury to
find the prisoner guilty⏤his
guilt must be proved beyond
a reasonable doubt⏤
And Proof which convinces
and directs the understanding and
satisfies the reason and judgment
of those who are found to act conscientiously
upon it is proof beyond
a reasonable doubt⏤If it leaves
in the mind an abiding conviction
to a moral certainty of the truth of
the charge

Second
Given

Here possible doubt is not a
reasonable doubt⏤because everything
relating to human affairs
are depending upon moral