THE

Principles and Practice

OF THE

LAW OF EVIDENCE.

By EDMUND POWELL, M.A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

THIRD EDITION,

BY JOHN CUTLER, B.A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
AND PROFESSOR OF INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON,

AND

EDMUND FULLER GRIFFIN, B.A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A SUPPLEMENT

CONTAINING

THE EVIDENCE FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT, 1869; THE DOCUMENTARY
EVIDENCE ACT, 1868; THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1869;

AND THE HABITUAL CRIMINALS ACT, 1869;

THE ALTERATIONS IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE EFFECTED BY THE ABOVE ACTS;

TOGETHER WITH

THE LEADING CASES DECIDED THEREON

SINCE FEBRUARY, 1868.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET,
Law Publishers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty.
HODGES, FOSTER AND CO., GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

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THE RIGHT HONORABLE

HUGH MAC-CALMONT BARON CAIRNS,

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR of Great BRITAIN,

AS A HUMBLE TRIBUTE

TO HIS EMINENT LEGAL ABILITY

This Edition

IS,

WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE EDITORS.