New Cases Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York, 6. köideGeorge S. Diossy, 1879 |
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... witness , 129 , note . when limiting opinion of a witness to information de- rived from personal knowledge of the occurrence itself is objectionable , 129 , note . what proof of corporal oath to an affidavit necessary to sustain ...
... witness , 129 , note . when limiting opinion of a witness to information de- rived from personal knowledge of the occurrence itself is objectionable , 129 , note . what proof of corporal oath to an affidavit necessary to sustain ...
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... WITNESS - distinction between testifying to a fact and to an opin- ion , 104 . use of hypothetical questions in calling for opinion of witness , 129 , note . when limiting opinion of a witness to information de- rived from personal ...
... WITNESS - distinction between testifying to a fact and to an opin- ion , 104 . use of hypothetical questions in calling for opinion of witness , 129 , note . when limiting opinion of a witness to information de- rived from personal ...
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... witness - box ; they were the unverified and unsolemnized talk of people . The impressions in the case before us are not hypothetical or contingent . Whether slight or deep , they were fixed and absolute . They were based , too ...
... witness - box ; they were the unverified and unsolemnized talk of people . The impressions in the case before us are not hypothetical or contingent . Whether slight or deep , they were fixed and absolute . They were based , too ...
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... witnesses , and has formed an opinion thereon , will , on a second hearing of the same facts through a like medium , come to a different conclusion , or even so far command itself as to calmly and judicially weigh them again in the bal ...
... witnesses , and has formed an opinion thereon , will , on a second hearing of the same facts through a like medium , come to a different conclusion , or even so far command itself as to calmly and judicially weigh them again in the bal ...
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... witness may be called to prove the ground of challenge . Pringle v . Hulse , 1 Cow . 432 ; Peo- ple v . Fuller , 2 Park . Cr . 16 . 7. The juror himself may be sworn on the voir dire , and asked such questions as do not tend to his ...
... witness may be called to prove the ground of challenge . Pringle v . Hulse , 1 Cow . 432 ; Peo- ple v . Fuller , 2 Park . Cr . 16 . 7. The juror himself may be sworn on the voir dire , and asked such questions as do not tend to his ...
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