 | Canada - 1921 - 804 pages
...proceeding where a child of tender years is offered as a witness, and such child does not, Jn the opinion of the judge, justice or other presiding officer, understand...though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the • 18 CCC 245. M See also : R. v. Hagerman, 10 OR 557. See Juvenile Delinquents' Act Can. 1908, ch.... | |
 | Criminal law - 1910 - 688 pages
...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 given under oath if, in the opinion of the court or magistrate, such child is possessed of sufficient intelligence... | |
 | Great Britain, Frederick Mead, Sir Archibald Henry Bodkin (K.C.B.) - Criminal law - 1885 - 146 pages
...justices (i), understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient... | |
 | T. Hastings Lees, Thomas Orde Lees - Criminal law - 1885 - 580 pages
...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years miiy be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1886 - 918 pages
...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning (card, abp. of Westminster.) - 1886 - 60 pages
...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient... | |
 | American periodicals - 1886 - 894 pages
...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 922 pages
...justices, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years- may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or justices, as the case may be, such girl or other child of tender • years is possessed of... | |
 | Sir Charles Stewart Loch - Charities - 1890 - 224 pages
...tender years who is tendered as a witness, does not in the opinion of the court understand the naure of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received,...though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court, such child is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence,... | |
 | Gibraltar, Robert Ffrench Sheriff - Law - 1890 - 840 pages
...the Court, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such girl or other child of tender years may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the Court, such girl or other child of tender years is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify... | |
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... does not in the opinion of the Court understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of such child may be received, though not given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the Court, such child is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify the reception... 
