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A
TREATISE
ON
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
BY SIR WILLIAM OLDNALL RUSSELL, KNT.,
LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OF BENGAL.
BY CHARLES SPRENGEL GREAVES, Esq.,
ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL.
Ninth American, from the Fourth London Edition,
WITH THE NOTES AND REFERENCES CONTAINED IN THE FORMER EDITIONS,
AND WITH
ADDITIONAL NOTES AND REFERENCES TO ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DECISIONS,
BY GEORGE SHARSWOOD, LL.D.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOLUME III.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO.,
LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,
No. 535 CHESTNUT STREET.
1877.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877,
BY T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
HENRY B. ASHMEAD, Printer,
Nos. 1102 and 1104 Sansom Street.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
BOOK V.
OF OFFENCES WHICH MAY AFFECT THE PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS OR PROPERTY.
I. Of what Nature Evidence must be. Of Presumptive Evidence. Of the
Rule that the best Evidence must be produced-and of Hearsay Evidence
II. Of the Proof of Negative Averments. The Rule that the Evidence must be
confined to the Point in Issue. What Allegations must be proved, and
what may be rejected, and there with of Surplusage and Variance
III. Of Written Evidence
IV. Of Confessions and Admissions. Of Examinations before Magistrates-and
of Depositions. .
V. Of Witnesses. What Facts Witnesses may disclose, and what are Privileged
Communications. How Witnesses are to be examined. How the Credit
of Witnesses may be impeached. How many Witnesses are sufficient. How
the Attendance of Witnesses is to be compelled and remunerated. Of
Accomplices. And what Witnesses are competent to give Evidence
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