The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 13J. Ballantyne and Company, 1823 - Europe |
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Page 177
... witnesses . This was op- posed by the Lord Chancellor , who said , he should be glad to know whe- ther his noble and learned friend could state an instance , except in the case of high treason , where , accord- ing to the principles ...
... witnesses . This was op- posed by the Lord Chancellor , who said , he should be glad to know whe- ther his noble and learned friend could state an instance , except in the case of high treason , where , accord- ing to the principles ...
Page 178
... witnesses brought against him , and have a list of their names , it was resolved that he should have leave at the hearing to cross- examine the witnesses , and that the names should be delivered to him also at the hearing . 2dly , In ...
... witnesses brought against him , and have a list of their names , it was resolved that he should have leave at the hearing to cross- examine the witnesses , and that the names should be delivered to him also at the hearing . 2dly , In ...
Page 179
... witnesses , and even to divine the na- ture of the defence ; for if , after the evidence for the Crown was heard , the prisoner brought forward a defence founded on perjury , he could not call a single witness out of the list to con ...
... witnesses , and even to divine the na- ture of the defence ; for if , after the evidence for the Crown was heard , the prisoner brought forward a defence founded on perjury , he could not call a single witness out of the list to con ...
Page 180
... witnesses was compulsory only in cases of high trea- son , yet by sufferance , upon every indictment a list of witnesses was in- dorsed . In the exercise of a sound discretion , ( itself constituting one of the few merits and advantages ...
... witnesses was compulsory only in cases of high trea- son , yet by sufferance , upon every indictment a list of witnesses was in- dorsed . In the exercise of a sound discretion , ( itself constituting one of the few merits and advantages ...
Page 181
... witness - a privilege which had been described as of ines- timable advantage by a noble and learned Lord , the ornament of the English bar , who had formerly exer- cised it so ably . What , then , would follow ? That the case on which ...
... witness - a privilege which had been described as of ines- timable advantage by a noble and learned Lord , the ornament of the English bar , who had formerly exer- cised it so ably . What , then , would follow ? That the case on which ...
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