 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 lehte
...practicable one, where he said: "To entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the court must see, from the circumstances of the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer." Applying this rule to the case at bar, we think it... | |
 | 1862 - 722 lehte
...is the correct one ; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see from the circumstances of the case,...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We, indeed, quite agree that, if the fact of the witness... | |
 | 1863 - 788 lehte
...is the correct one ; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see from the circumstances of ! the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being i compelled to answer. We, indeed, quite agree that, if the fact of the... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1846 - 734 lehte
...631, is the correct one, and that to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer. Indeed, we quite agree ihnt if the fact of the witness... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 lehte
...the privilege of not answering a question, on the ground that the answer would tend to criminate him, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer ; though, if fhe fact of the witness being in danger... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1865 - 680 lehte
...of not answering a question as tending to criminate him, the court must see, from the circumstanced of the case and the nature of the evidence which the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer. If the fact of the witness being in danger be once... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1917 - 780 lehte
...altogether unable to concur. ... To entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We indeed quite agree that, if the fact of the witness... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 lehte
...the privilege of not answering a question, on the ground that the answer would tend to criminate him, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness from his being compelled to answer ; though, if the fact of the witness being in danger... | |
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Upon a review of the authorities, we are clearly of opinion . . . that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called... 
