PROBABLE

Having the appearance of truth; having the character or probability; appearing to be founded in reason or experience. Bain v. State, 74 Ala. 39; State v. Thiele, 119 Iow:i, 659, 94 N. W, 256. -Probable cause. "Probable cause" may be defined to be an apparent state of facts found to exist upon reasonable inquiry, (that is, such inquiry as the given case renders convenient and proper,) which would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent man to believe, in a criminal case, that the accused person had committed the crime charged, or, in a civil case, that a cause of action existed. Alsop v. Lidden, 130 Ala. 548, 30 South. 401; Brand v. Hinchman, 68 M;ich. 590, 36 N. - W. 664. 13 Am. St. Rep. 362; Mitchell v. Wall, 111 Ma . 497; Driggs v. Burton, 44 Vt. 146; Wanser v. Wyckoff, 9 Hun (N. Y.) 179; Lacy v. Mitchell, 23 Ind. 67; Hutch in son v. Wenzel, 155 Ind. 49, 56 N. E. 845. "Probable cause," in malicious prosecution, means the existence of [s. 951]