A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland, Part 554, Volume 2Bell & Bradfute, 1864 - 1268 pages |
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... judge only requires to have his memory refreshed upon them ( a ) . ( 2 ) Local and personal acts relate to the concerns of particular districts or corporations , joint - stock companies , and similar bodies . For many years it has been ...
... judge only requires to have his memory refreshed upon them ( a ) . ( 2 ) Local and personal acts relate to the concerns of particular districts or corporations , joint - stock companies , and similar bodies . For many years it has been ...
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... L. Kenyon . ( e ) Taylor , supra - Bell's Pr . , supra . ( ƒ ) Harrat v . Wise , 1820 , 9 B. and C. , 712 . ( g ) See , e.g. , 6 Geo . IV , c . 16 , § 83 . instances signed by the judge . These records being made 638 § 1058- GAZETTES .
... L. Kenyon . ( e ) Taylor , supra - Bell's Pr . , supra . ( ƒ ) Harrat v . Wise , 1820 , 9 B. and C. , 712 . ( g ) See , e.g. , 6 Geo . IV , c . 16 , § 83 . instances signed by the judge . These records being made 638 § 1058- GAZETTES .
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William Gillespie Dickson. instances signed by the judge . These records being made up by sworn and in general careful officers , and passing under the eyes both of the judge and of the parties to the cause , are entitled to high ...
William Gillespie Dickson. instances signed by the judge . These records being made up by sworn and in general careful officers , and passing under the eyes both of the judge and of the parties to the cause , are entitled to high ...
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... judge , the objection was re- pelled , with the observation , that his Lordship had been only ab- sent from the bench for a few minutes , that no objection had been stated at the time , and that the record could not be redargued ( d ) ...
... judge , the objection was re- pelled , with the observation , that his Lordship had been only ab- sent from the bench for a few minutes , that no objection had been stated at the time , and that the record could not be redargued ( d ) ...
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... judge , and without having been read over to the jury and approved of by them in open Court ( u ) . Their Lordships , accordingly ( holding it to be unnecessary to inquire into the other objection ) ordered a new trial.8 § 1068 . In the ...
... judge , and without having been read over to the jury and approved of by them in open Court ( u ) . Their Lordships , accordingly ( holding it to be unnecessary to inquire into the other objection ) ordered a new trial.8 § 1068 . In the ...
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Page 1050 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 1210 - I AB do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare, that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful, and I do also solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,
Page 1206 - Provided always, that every person whose attendance shall be so required shall be entitled to the like conduct money and payment...
Page 1206 - By f 2, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive and examine evidence...
Page 1217 - ... the court, or upon special verdict of a jury ; or the said last-mentioned court shall, if it think fit, when the said opinion has been obtained before trial, order such opinion to be submitted to the jury...
Page 1218 - Viet. c. 22. of Probate ; in Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary, and the Court of Session, acting by either of its Divisions ; in Ireland, the Superior Courts of Law at...
Page 1050 - If a witness, upon cross-examination as to a former statement made by him relative to the subject-matter of the cause, and inconsistent with his present testimony, does not distinctly admit that he has made such statement, proof may be given that he did, in fact, make it...
Page 1208 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who, in any criminal proceeding, is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question^ tending to criminate himself or herself...
Page 1186 - This is what the daily experience of courts of justice teaches. When accounts of a transaction come from the mouths of different witnesses, it is seldom that it is not possible to pick out apparent or real inconsistencies between them. These inconsistencies are studiously displayed by an adverse pleader, but oftentimes with little impression upon the minds of the judges. On the contrary, a close and minute agreement induces the suspicion of confederacy and fraud.
Page 1212 - Court or tribunal, and within the jurisdiction of such first-mentioned Court, or of the Court to which such Judge belongs, or of such Judge, it shall be lawful for such Court or Judge to order the examination...