A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland, Part 554, Volume 2Bell & Bradfute, 1864 - 1268 pages |
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Page 646
... pursuer had been induced to purchase bank stock by the false representations of the defenders , but that these representations were not fraudulent . The foreman stated at the time that the jury intended the verdict to be for the pursuer ...
... pursuer had been induced to purchase bank stock by the false representations of the defenders , but that these representations were not fraudulent . The foreman stated at the time that the jury intended the verdict to be for the pursuer ...
Page 647
... pursuer they would not have returned it , were afterwards produced . The Court held that the jury had no concern with the legal import of the facts found by their verdict , and strong observations on the statement in the affidavits that ...
... pursuer they would not have returned it , were afterwards produced . The Court held that the jury had no concern with the legal import of the facts found by their verdict , and strong observations on the statement in the affidavits that ...
Page 650
... pursuer's counsel and of the judge and clerk ( † ) . § 1077. The probativeness of judicial records is limited to mat- ters which fall directly within their province , as the verdict and de- cree , interlocutory orders , findings and ...
... pursuer's counsel and of the judge and clerk ( † ) . § 1077. The probativeness of judicial records is limited to mat- ters which fall directly within their province , as the verdict and de- cree , interlocutory orders , findings and ...
Page 654
... pursuer , and in the other for the defender ; yet the Court refused the pursuer's motion in the second case for a new trial , holding that the verdict in each case must stand , unless palpably inconsistent with the evidence adduced ...
... pursuer , and in the other for the defender ; yet the Court refused the pursuer's motion in the second case for a new trial , holding that the verdict in each case must stand , unless palpably inconsistent with the evidence adduced ...
Page 655
William Gillespie Dickson. pursuer was in a prison , in which the defenders were the governor and two turnkeys , where the defence was that the defenders had acted in accordance with the prison regulations , which the pursuer had ...
William Gillespie Dickson. pursuer was in a prison , in which the defenders were the governor and two turnkeys , where the defence was that the defenders had acted in accordance with the prison regulations , which the pursuer had ...
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18 Vict adduced admissible admitted affd alleged allowed apply Arkley averments Bell's Notes bill Burnett cause certified citation civil clerk commission commissioner competent confession copy Court held Court of Session creditor criminal debt declaration decree deed defender deponed deposition diligence documents Elch emitted entitled Ersk evidence examined excluded execution extract facts favour Fraser granted Greenl ground H. M. Adv haver House of Lords Hume inadmissible infra instrument interlocutor judge judicial jury letters of horning libel Lord Advocate Lord Justice-Clerk Lord Ordinary Lord Stair M'Intosh magistrate marriage matters ness notary oath on reference objection opinion party perjury person pleaded precognition prisoner proceeding produced proof prosecution prosecutor proving the tenor pursuer question record reference to oath refused rule sasine Scotland Sheriff Stair statements statute supra Swin Tait taken tion trial verdict witness writ writings
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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...