| W. C. Anderson - Religion in the public schools - 1859 - 104 pages
...follows ; " The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without distinction or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state...a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religions belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| William Astley Cooper Anderson - California - 1859 - 92 pages
...follows ; " The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without distinction or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state...a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Law - 1859 - 670 pages
...without discrimination or preferBall. fine*. ence, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 pages
...without discrimination or preference, snail ' ert>' forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Law - 1859 - 670 pages
...Freedom of •peech and of trie prew. ence, shall forever be allowed in this state, to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 720 pages
...contained, with the following words inserted before what was the proviso in the former constitutions: "And no person shall be rendered incompetent to be...a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." The statute law in force at the time of the adoption of the present constitution... | |
| David Price Belknap - Forms (Law) - 1860 - 778 pages
...jury trial may be waived by the parties, in all civil cases, in the manner to be prescribed by law.1 SEC. 4. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious...a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Law - 1860 - 668 pages
...roads. Freedom of •peecb and of theprea. ence, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1860 - 692 pages
...(article 38,) and in that of 1822, (article 7, § 3.) The only change is the additional clause, that no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief. This historical investigation establishes, as I think, beyond doubt, that there has... | |
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