A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland, Part 554, Volume 2Bell & Bradfute, 1864 - 1268 pages |
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Page 652
... opinion is so strong , that I can hardly call it the inclination of an opinion ; and we know it is the general sense of lawyers in Westminster Hall , that the judgment of a foreign court in courts of this country is only prima facie ...
... opinion is so strong , that I can hardly call it the inclination of an opinion ; and we know it is the general sense of lawyers in Westminster Hall , that the judgment of a foreign court in courts of this country is only prima facie ...
Page 653
... opinion of Baron Hume , who observes that the testimonies given in the criminal case are lawful evidence in the civil case , so far as they go , without excluding new pleas or evidence for the de- fender , " whereby to obviate the ...
... opinion of Baron Hume , who observes that the testimonies given in the criminal case are lawful evidence in the civil case , so far as they go , without excluding new pleas or evidence for the de- fender , " whereby to obviate the ...
Page 654
... opinion which another judge or jury may have formed upon the same issue , but perhaps erroneously , or from different evidence ( t ) . The former verdict must either coincide with , or differ from , the view which the jury would take on ...
... opinion which another judge or jury may have formed upon the same issue , but perhaps erroneously , or from different evidence ( t ) . The former verdict must either coincide with , or differ from , the view which the jury would take on ...
Page 669
... opinion as to the extent to which registration under the former acts created liability for repairs or furnishings to the ship . In one case in this country where a person , registered as owner , contended that he had only a right in ...
... opinion as to the extent to which registration under the former acts created liability for repairs or furnishings to the ship . In one case in this country where a person , registered as owner , contended that he had only a right in ...
Page 716
... opinion of a writer on prac- tice ( z ) , is , that the omission will now probably be held a nullity . This , however , may be doubted , because the act does not contain any express regulation on the point , and its relative provisions ...
... opinion of a writer on prac- tice ( z ) , is , that the omission will now probably be held a nullity . This , however , may be doubted , because the act does not contain any express regulation on the point , and its relative provisions ...
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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...