 | Great Britain, Frederick Mead, Sir Archibald Henry Bodkin (K.C.B.) - Criminal law - 1885 - 146 pages
...detained in custody for a period of not more than seven days before he is sent to such reformatory school. Where upon the hearing of a charge under this section,...does not, in the opinion of the court or justices (i), understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may... | |
 | Henry Humphreys - Criminal law - 1890 - 952 pages
...Where child on whom offence to Reformatory' School. charged is committed, or any child of tender years tendered as a witness, does not, in the opinion of...Court or Justices, understand the nature of an oath, evidence may be received without oath where Court is satisfied that the child is of sufficient intelligence,... | |
 | Thomas Brett - English law - 1891 - 822 pages
...girls under thirteen. Sect. 4 of the Act provides that where, upon the hearing of a charge under that section, the girl in respect of whom the offence is...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence may be received, though not given upon oath, if in the opinion of the Court or justices, as the case... | |
 | Western Australia - Law - 1902 - 726 pages
...is a competent and compellable witness. If the girl in respect of whom an offence under thisjection is charged to have been committed, or any other child...the opinion of the Court or justices, understand the natuiv of an oath, the evidence of such girl or child of tender years may be received, although not... | |
 | New York (State) - Criminal procedure - 1892 - 974 pages
...[Whenever in any criminal proceedings a child actually or apparently under the age of twelve yeara offered as a witness does not in the opinion of the court or magistrate understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received though not... | |
 | Criminal law - 1893 - 1170 pages
...Whenever in any criminal proceedings a child actually or apparently under the a<rc of twelvo years offered as a witness does not in the opinion of the court or magistrate understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received though not... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice - Criminal procedure - 1894 - 1062 pages
..."Whenever in any criminal proceedings a child actually or apparently under the age of twelve years offered as a witness does not, in the opinion of the court or magistrate, understand the nature of an oath, evidence of such a child may be received though not given... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1895 - 934 pages
...charged to have been committed, or any other child of tender years who is tendered as for indecent a witness, does not, in the opinion of the court or justices, understand the nature of an assault only — oath, the evidence of such girl, or other child of tender years, may be received,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Hun, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 762 pages
...Whenever, in any criminal proceedings, a child actually or apparently under the age of twelve years offered as a witness, does not, in the opinion of the court or magistrate, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received, though not... | |
 | Criminal law - 1896 - 928 pages
...[Whenever in any criminal proceedings a child actually or apparently under the age of twelve years offered as a witness does not in the opinion of the court or magistrate understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received though not... | |
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Whenever in any criminal proceedings a child actually or apparently under the age of twelve years offered as a witness does not in the opinion of the court or magistrate understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received though... 
