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In its 2021 judgment in Republic v. Nixon Mangi, the High Court of Kenya reproduced a formulation…

The 2021 judgment attributes the formulation to Chief Justice Cockburn, whose surname appears there as “Cookbur”. The passage distinguishes a doubt that a person can…

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In its 2021 judgment in Republic v. Nixon Mangi, the High Court of Kenya reproduced a formulation contrasting reasonable doubt with idle scepticism. To which judge did it attribute that formulation?

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The 2021 judgment attributes the formulation to Chief Justice Cockburn, whose surname appears there as “Cookbur”. The passage distinguishes a doubt that a person can honestly entertain from speculative hesitation.

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Option A

The court credits the formulation to the judge whose name it renders as “Cookbur”, referring to Chief Justice Cockburn.

Option B

The judgment’s attribution is to Cockburn and does not identify Lord Halsbury as the speaker.

Option C

The judgment does not attribute the formulation to Justice Black.

Option D

The judgment does not attribute the formulation to Lord Denning.

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