Fortunately for their intended victims, a series of high-profile acquittals# began to dampen their enthusiasm for libel prosecutions.
But even justified refusals could later, under pressure, be overturned and acquittal conceded all the same.
In jury decisions this seems acceptable, as the standard of proof for conviction should be higher than that for acquittal.
What we face here is not a standard of proof but a pretext-and a flimsy one at that-for a conviction or for an acquittal.
Both grants and refusals of acquittal were recorded, along with their justifications, and communicated to the accounting clerks.
However, this was already a time of hardship, as is seen in the downturn of rents and the frequency and magnitude of rent acquittals.
First, the assembly's acquittal on appeal was encouraged by the king, who suggested it in the first place.
Any one of these excuses, if true, should lead to an acquittal.
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