such facts and circumstances as would: excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the A er cutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted. Wheeler v. Nesbitt, 24 How. 16 L. Ed. 765.— Probable cvidence. See EVIDENCE.—Probable reasoning. the law of evidence. Reasoning founded on the probability of the fact or proposition sought to be proved or shown; reasoning in which the mind exercises a discretion in deducing a conclusion from premjges. Burrill.