A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, as Administered in England and Ireland: With Illustrations from the American and Other Foreign Laws, Volume 1 |
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... trial , the judges thought that they ought to have been produced . But in many other cases , the courts have themselves made the necessary inquiries , and that , too , without strictly confining their researches to the time of the trial ...
... trial , the judges thought that they ought to have been produced . But in many other cases , the courts have themselves made the necessary inquiries , and that , too , without strictly confining their researches to the time of the trial ...
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... trial by jury , Lord Hardwicke has observed , and all reflecting men will agree in the observation , that " it is of the greatest importance to the law of England , and to the subject , that the powers of the judge and jury be kept ...
... trial by jury , Lord Hardwicke has observed , and all reflecting men will agree in the observation , that " it is of the greatest importance to the law of England , and to the subject , that the powers of the judge and jury be kept ...
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... trial . In some cases , where the question relates to matters of legal practice , as , for instance , if a sheriff be charged with neglect of duty in not executing a writ , or if an attorney be sued for negligence in conducting an ...
... trial . In some cases , where the question relates to matters of legal practice , as , for instance , if a sheriff be charged with neglect of duty in not executing a writ , or if an attorney be sued for negligence in conducting an ...
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... trial or writ of inquiry , that the action was brought to try a right , or that the trespass or grievance was wilful and malicious . So , under the stat . 8 & 9 Will . 3 , c . 11 , § 1 , if several persons be sued in trespass , and one ...
... trial or writ of inquiry , that the action was brought to try a right , or that the trespass or grievance was wilful and malicious . So , under the stat . 8 & 9 Will . 3 , c . 11 , § 1 , if several persons be sued in trespass , and one ...
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... trial . Perhaps the safest rule that can be laid down on this subject , is , that the judge must determine whether ... trials . In Chapple v . Cooper , 13 M. & W. 252 , the Court held that the funeral of a husband , who had left no ...
... trial . Perhaps the safest rule that can be laid down on this subject , is , that the judge must determine whether ... trials . In Chapple v . Cooper , 13 M. & W. 252 , the Court held that the funeral of a husband , who had left no ...
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Page 54 - ... the Jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information...
Page 604 - ... in actions of debt or upon the case grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 581 - that they are declarations made in extremity when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth...
Page 684 - The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 119 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person; but, in its legal sense, it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Page 417 - ... shall, in the presence of such accused person, who shall be at liberty to put questions to any witness produced against him, take the statement on oath or writing of those who shall know the facts and circumstances of the case, and shall put the same into writing; and such depositions shall be read over to and signed respectively by the witnesses who shall have been so examined, and shall be signed also by the justice or justices taking the same...
Page 229 - ... and thereupon such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for...
Page 726 - ... and whatever the prisoner shall then say in answer thereto shall be taken down in writing and read over to him, and shall be signed by the said Justice or Justices, and kept with the depositions of the witnesses, and shall be transmitted with them as hereinafter mentioned; and afterwards, upon the trial of the said accused person, the same may, if necessary, be given in evidence against him without further proof thereof, unless it shall be proved that the Justice or Justices purporting to sign...
Page 91 - the rule for jurisdiction is that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court but that which specially appears to be so, and, on the contrary, nothing shall be intended to be within the jurisdiction of an inferior court but that which is so expressly alleged;" and this rule has been so frequently repeated as to have become a maxim in the law.
Page 188 - ... which it may become necessary to amend, on such terms as to payment of costs to the other party, or postponing the trial to be had before the same or another jury...