 It is the- province of the court to judge, whether any direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony,...  Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 705by United States. Congress - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Aaron Burr, T. Carpenter - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1807 - 296 pages
...atver to the question, which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. ** If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...if he says on oath, that he cannot answer without aa. cusing himself, he cannot be compelled to answer. . _\ Mr. WILLIAMs {Counsel for Mr. Willie) stated,... | |
 | Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 608 pages
...answer to the question, which may be proposed, will furnish c\ idence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...himself judge, what his answer will be ; and if he say, on oath, that he cannot answer without accusing himself, he cannot be compelled to answer. Mr.... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1816 - 746 pages
...direct answer (o the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such case the witness must himself judge what his answer will be ; and if he says on oath, that he cannot... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1820 - 838 pages
...him of any crime, he it not bound to answer it, so a? to furnish matter for that conviction. In such case, the witness must himself judge what his answer will be ; and if he cays on oath, that he cannot answer without accusing himself, be cannot be compelled to answer. United... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1835 - 302 pages
...direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...must himself judge what his answer will be; and if he say, on oath, that he cannot answer without accusing himself, he cannot be compelled to answer. On... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1835 - 302 pages
...direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...is not bound to answer it, so as to furnish matter jfor that conviction. In such a case, the witness must himself judge what his answer will be ; and... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...proposed, will furnish evidence against the prisoner. If euch answer may disclose a fact which forma a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony...convict him of any crime, he is not bound to answer it во as to furnish matCo) l Eng. С. С. 211. (*) Eng. Com. L. Rep. xxü. 288. (e) Id. xxiv.285. cannot... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1852 - 988 pages
...answer to the questions which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the prisoner. If such answer may disclose a fact which forms a necessary...must himself judge what his answer will be, and if he say on oath he cannot answer without accusing himself, he cannot be compelled to answer. 1 Burr's Trial,... | |
 | William Chetwood De Hart - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1859 - 458 pages
...proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer would furnish a fact, which forms an essential link in the chain of testimony which would...answer it so as to furnish matter for that conviction. The witness must judge for himself, and if he say on oath that he cannot answer without accusing himself,... | |
 | Stephen Vincent Benét - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1862 - 392 pages
...direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such case, the witness must himself judge what his answer will be; and if he say on oath that he cannot... | |
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