The Law of Evidence: Applicable to the Courts of the Late East India Company, Explained in a Course of Lectures Delivered by ...John Bruce Norton |
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... deceased for 37 years . Her evidence appeared to the Court to be of such moment that the President asked whether she had any objection to swear to it . She had none ; and the President advised her to retire a few minutes for further ...
... deceased for 37 years . Her evidence appeared to the Court to be of such moment that the President asked whether she had any objection to swear to it . She had none ; and the President advised her to retire a few minutes for further ...
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... deceased witness , taken before a Magistrate on a charge of felony , were tendered in evidence against a prisoner at his trial , it would be no objection on his part to its reception , that he had not actually cross - examined the deceased ...
... deceased witness , taken before a Magistrate on a charge of felony , were tendered in evidence against a prisoner at his trial , it would be no objection on his part to its reception , that he had not actually cross - examined the deceased ...
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... deceased and of their heirs , the ( 1 ) Cur- book produced . num wrote in the said book ( 2 ) that the Puttahs should be made in the name of Nagappah Chetty , because he was the heir to the whole property , after which ( 3 ) the ...
... deceased and of their heirs , the ( 1 ) Cur- book produced . num wrote in the said book ( 2 ) that the Puttahs should be made in the name of Nagappah Chetty , because he was the heir to the whole property , after which ( 3 ) the ...
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... deceased witness in a former suit . Then the one test of oath is present ; but if the testimony formerly delivered was in a suit not between the same parties , it is clear the present parties or at least one of them had not the ...
... deceased witness in a former suit . Then the one test of oath is present ; but if the testimony formerly delivered was in a suit not between the same parties , it is clear the present parties or at least one of them had not the ...
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... deceased person's book according to the ordinary custom of his trade . Then these two heads of evidence , according to Starkie , would stand thus- Mediate evidence offered to prove . Pedigree . Original . Entry . Secondary . Now suppose ...
... deceased person's book according to the ordinary custom of his trade . Then these two heads of evidence , according to Starkie , would stand thus- Mediate evidence offered to prove . Pedigree . Original . Entry . Secondary . Now suppose ...
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accused person action admissible admitted alleged answer appear applied arise attendance authority called cause circumstances circumstantial evidence Civil compelled conclusive confession considered contract conviction corpus delicti counsel course Court Court of Session Courts of Equity crime criminal cross-examination deceased declaration deed defendant dence deposition direct document dying declaration entry estoppel examination excluded fact false fraud give evidence given ground guilt held inference instance instrument interest issue John Hollins Judge judgment judicial jury justice letter Lord Lord Brougham Lord Denman Lord Ellenborough Magistrate matter mind murder nature oath objection observed opinion parol evidence particular party pedigree plaintiff pleader possession presumption principle prisoner proceedings produce proof proved purpose question reason received reference res judicata Roman law rule Section Starkie statement Sudder sufficient suit summons taken testator testimony tion trial truth voir dire witness writing written
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Page 452 - Viet. c. 109, s. 18, it is enacted, that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made...
Page 305 - But 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."* In Freeman v.
Page 114 - The rule of law is clear, that where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another to believe in 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 141 - ... shall be punished with transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Page 481 - For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 268 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: first, that the judgment of a court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another court...
Page 50 - I think it the duty of this court to adapt its practice and course of proceeding to the existing state of society, and not by too strict an adherence to forms and rules, established under different circumstances, to decline to administer justice, and to enforce rights, for which there is no other remedy.
Page 269 - The plea of res judicata applies, except in special cases, not only to points upon which the Court was actually required by the parties to form an opinion and pronounce a judgment, but to every point which properly belonged to the subject of litigation, and which the parties, exercising reasonable diligence, might have brought forward at the time.
Page 370 - The words of a will are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected, and that other can be ascertained.
Page 371 - This is a contract to tempt a man to transgress the law ; to do that which is injurious to the community; it is void by the common law ; and the reason why the common law says such contracts are void is for the public good. You shall not stipulate for iniquity. All writers upon our law agree in this, no polluted hand shall touch the pure fountains of justice...