 | United States. Supreme Court - 1888 - 588 pages
...to testify as a witness in the cause. ' Opinion of the court any civil action or preceding by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, or by reason of his conviction of a crime, but such entries or conviction may be shown for the purpose of affecting his... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1889 - 704 pages
...or her interest in the event thereof, as a party or otherwise, or by reason of his or her conviction of any crime; but such interest or conviction may be shown for the purpose of affecting the credibility of such Ailing v. Bnizee. witness; and the fact of such conviction may bo proven like... | |
 | 1889 - 908 pages
...shall be disqualified as a witness, in any civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise: * * * provided, that, in actions where one of the original parties to the contract or cause of action... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1889 - 1290 pages
...provides that, " No person shall be disqualilied as a Witness in any criininalprosecution by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party OP> otherwise, or by reason of his conviction of any crime; but .such interest or conviction may be... | |
 | 1889 - 466 pages
...the event thereof as a party or otherwise or by reason of his conviction of any crime or misdemeanor; but such interest or conviction may be shown for the purpose of attesting the credibility of such witness or for the purpose of establishing the fact that a party... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1892 - 636 pages
...himself. Nebraska.(f) No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any criminal prosecution by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility. lu the trial of all indictments,... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1892 - 888 pages
...Connecticut (Gen. Stat. sec. 1098). No person is disqualified as a witness in any action by reason oj his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credit. Delaware (Laws, vol. 16, p.... | |
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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... 
