A Treatise on the Law of WitnessesBanks & brothers, 1887 - 573 pages |
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... Direct Examination . -247 . How far limited to Relevancy to the Issue . 248. What Questions are Proper . -249 . Leading Questions . -250 . Sufficiency and Effect of Witness ' Answers . - 251. Cross - Examination of Defendants in ...
... Direct Examination . -247 . How far limited to Relevancy to the Issue . 248. What Questions are Proper . -249 . Leading Questions . -250 . Sufficiency and Effect of Witness ' Answers . - 251. Cross - Examination of Defendants in ...
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... direct . It should further be noticed , that the question , whether a person about to be sworn is an atheist or not , can never be raised by any one but an adverse party . No stranger or a vol- unteer has a right to object . There must ...
... direct . It should further be noticed , that the question , whether a person about to be sworn is an atheist or not , can never be raised by any one but an adverse party . No stranger or a vol- unteer has a right to object . There must ...
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... direct his acquittal , and then admit him to testify ; or a nolle prosequi as to him may be entered by the prosecutor with the consent of the court . But it seems to be pretty well settled that , unless he be acquitted , or a nolle ...
... direct his acquittal , and then admit him to testify ; or a nolle prosequi as to him may be entered by the prosecutor with the consent of the court . But it seems to be pretty well settled that , unless he be acquitted , or a nolle ...
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... direct interest in the subject - matter of the suit : a mere liability for costs will exclude him.3 Thus , a liability for costs will disqualify a master in chancery from being a witness on his own behalf in a suit brought by him in his ...
... direct interest in the subject - matter of the suit : a mere liability for costs will exclude him.3 Thus , a liability for costs will disqualify a master in chancery from being a witness on his own behalf in a suit brought by him in his ...
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... direct the jury to find a verdict for him , and he may then be used as a witness . But the discharge in bankruptcy of one of several defendants , after suit brought , will not , at common law , render him competent to testify in the ...
... direct the jury to find a verdict for him , and he may then be used as a witness . But the discharge in bankruptcy of one of several defendants , after suit brought , will not , at common law , render him competent to testify in the ...
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Page 159 - There are particular relations in which it is the policy of the law to encourage confidence and to preserve it inviolate...
Page 181 - No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil or criminal case or proceeding by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise or by reason of his having been convicted of any crime; but such interest or conviction may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility...
Page 508 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 151 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 221 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 221 - ... in the course of professional employment. 3. A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 178 - ... in regard to any personal transaction or communication between such witness and a person, at the time of such examination deceased, insane or lunatic, against the executor, administrator, heir at law, next of kin, assignee, legatee, devisee or survivor of such deceased person, or the assignee or committee of such insane person or lunatic.
Page 164 - ... during the marriage or afterwards, be, without the consent of the other, examined as to any communication made by one to the other, during the marriage; but this exception does not apply to a civil action or proceeding by one against the other, nor to a criminal action or proceeding for a crime committed by one against the other.
Page 261 - Columbia, the person so charged shall, at his own request but not otherwise, be a competent witness. And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him.
Page 488 - ... the opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible whenever the subjectmatter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance, in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it.