But the inquiry applied a less stringent test than would have used in an inquest, where a coroner has to be sure "beyond reasonable doubt" that a person intended to kill themselves.
The place was definitely an ancient port, Dr. Peacock said, but it was not until an inscribed piece of pottery was recently uncovered that he could be sure "beyond reasonable doubt" that this was indeed Myos Hormos.
The Hutton inquiry applied a less stringent test than would have been used in an inquest, where a coroner has to be sure "beyond reasonable doubt" that a person intended to kill themselves.
It was only after an inquest jury held in 2011 that the killing was unlawful – a verdict it could bring in only if jurors were sure "beyond reasonable doubt" (the same standard of proof needed to convict in a criminal trial) – that a prosecution was brought.
And no jury can convict unless they are sure "beyond reasonable doubt" that there was wrongdoing.
He reminded the jury that in order to reach a conclusion of unlawful killing they must be sure, "beyond all reasonable doubt", that Mr Duggan was unarmed.
Judge Cutler told them they must be sure, "beyond all reasonable doubt", Mr Duggan was unarmed, to return an unlawful killing conclusion.
He called the link "beyond any doubt".
Philip Radcliffe, Mr. Mendelssohn's biographer, has called the overture "beyond any doubt, his masterpiece".
Like the characters in their songs, the Long Ryders are eager to move on - but given their druthers, they want to make sure, beyond a doubt, that they haven't left behind the things that matter.
As a juror, you are not trying the system, you're trying the defendant, and I know for sure that there was no earthly way, on the basis of the evidence I was shown, that I could be sure beyond reasonable doubt that he was guilty.
