 It was very justly observed by a great judge that " all questions upon the -rules of evidence are of vast importance to all orders and degree!? of men : our lives, our liberty, and our property are all concerned in the support of these rules, which have...  Murder of Union Soldiers - Page 37by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee of the House Appointed to Investigate the Murder of Union Soldiers in the South - 1867 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virginia. General Assembly. Senate - 1875 - 704 pages
...Chief Justice Marshall in Minor Queen vs. Hepburn, 7 Cranch, has said : "AH questions upon the rule of evidence are of vast importance to all orders and degrees of men — our lives, our liberty, our property, are all concerned in the support of these rules which have been matured by the wisdom... | |
 | 1792 - 638 pages
...queftion to pafs, without declaring my opinion. All questions upon the rules of evidence are of vaft importance to all orders and degrees of men; our lives,...liberty, and our property, are all concerned in the fupport of thefe rules, which have been matured by the wifdom of ages, and are now revered from their... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - 1802 - 420 pages
...Lord KENYON, CJ concurred with GROSE. He faid, all queftions upon the rules of evidence, are of vafl importance to all orders and degrees of men ; our...liberty, and our property, are all concerned in the fupport of thefe rules, which have been matured by the wifdom of ages, and are now revered from their... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1804 - 226 pages
...queftion to pafs without declaring my opinion. All quefhons upon the rules of evidence, are of vail importance to all orders and degrees of men ; our...liberty and our property, are all concerned in the ftipport ot Se ruks, whic-TfbaVe been matured by the wifdom of acres and ere now revered from their... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 680 pages
...depend on facts which happened many years past. It was very justly observed by a great judge that " all questions upon the -rules of evidence are of vast importance to all orders and degree!? of men : our lives, our liberty, and our property are all concerned in the support of these... | |
 | Peyton Randolph, Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1827 - 776 pages
...the law of evidence. It is well remarked by Lord Kenyan in Rex v. Eriswell, 3 Term. Rep. 707, that "all questions upon the rules of evidence are of vast importance to all orders-end degrees of men. Our lives, our liberties and our property are all concerned in the support... | |
 | Archibald John Stephens - 1842 - 1072 pages
...16. NEW TRIAL, pp. 1819—1822. 17. SPEEDY JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION, pp. 1822 — 182-k * 1. GENERALLY. Questions upon the rules of evidence are of vast importance to all orders GENERALLY. and degrees of men ; our lives, our liberty, and our property, are concerned in the support... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 820 pages
...judge that ' all questions npoi the rule of evidence are of vast importance to all orders and degree of men ; our lives, our liberty, and our property, are all concerned ii the support of these rules, which have been matured by the wmlomo ages, and are now revered from... | |
 | 1861 - 624 pages
...15 if 16 Viet. c. 70, *. 40) 433 THE JURIST. LONDON, MAY 5, 18GO. " THERE is no doubt but that nil questions upon the rules of evidence are of vast importance to all orders of men : our lives, our liberty, and our property are all concerned in the support of these rules,... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1862 - 466 pages
...well defined as the rule itself. Ought they now to be enlarged ? An eminent judge has said, " that all questions upon the rules of evidence are of vast...importance to all orders and degrees of men; our lives, our liberties, our property, are all concerned in the support of these rules, which have been matured by... | |
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