 Every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall be a competent witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings, whether the person so charged is charged solely or jointly with...  Acts of the Parliament of South Australia - Page 2by South Australia - 1925Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Clarke Hall - 1905 - 334 lehte
...charged shall not be called as a witness in pursuance of this Act except upon his own application : (b) The failure of any person charged with an offence,...made the subject of any comment by the prosecution : (y) (c) The wife or husband of the person charged shall not, save as in this Act mentioned, (z) be... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis - 1905 - 1582 lehte
...Hawkins, J. Where the prosecution has the right of reply, no comment may be made by the prosecution on failure of any person charged with an offence, or...wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person go charged, to give evidence. 61 <{• 62 ГМ. c. 36, 1 (6) ; and see ante, p. 209. Rebutting evidence.}... | |
 | Thomas Macknight - 1905 - 536 lehte
...held in the Established Church. By the Criminal Evidence Act every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, is permitted to give evidence for the defence, — an important reform in legal procedure which had... | |
 | Daniel Stephen - 1905 - 428 lehte
...her husband during the marriage. (Evidence Act; s. 11.) 4. Every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person charged, is a competent witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings. tion or defence,... | |
 | 1906 - 942 lehte
...sec. 4 of the Canada Evidence Act, 1891!, which enacts that every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall be a competent witness, whether the person so charged is charged solely or jointly with any other... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1906 - 902 lehte
...now been effected, and by the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898,* every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person charged, are now competent witnesses for the defence at every 1 The arguments for and against the author... | |
 | Sidney Lovell Phipson - 1907 - 796 lehte
...charged shall not be called as a witness in pursuance of this Act except upon his own application. 2 (6) The failure of any person charged with an offence,...made the subject of any comment by the prosecution : 3 (c) The wife or husband of the person charged shall not, save as in this Act mentioned, be called... | |
 | Western Australia - 1907 - 626 lehte
...husband that she or he is not coinpellable to give evidence • if she or he is unwilling to do so: (c.) The failure of any person charged with an offence,...made the subject of any comment by the prosecution : (<1.) A person charged and being a witness in pursuance of this section may be asked any question... | |
 | Cecil George Douglas - 1907 - 630 lehte
...follows : 1. Competency of witnesses in criminal cases.] Every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall be a competent witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings, whether the person... | |
 | Canada, James Crankshaw - 1907 - 476 lehte
...prosecution. Every person charged with an offence, and, except as in this section otherwise provided, the wife or 'husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall 'be a competent witness for the defence, whether the person, so charged, is charged solely or... | |
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