 | Thomas Starkie - 1833 - 864 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his powers of discerning facts in the first mutation. (c) Evidence was permitted to bo given by a privy councillor... | |
 | Hawaii. Office of the Attorney General - 1846 - 710 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his power of discerning facts in the first instance, and his capacity for retaining and describing them,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1854 - 930 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which...description, are all fully investigated and ascertained," &c. — 1 Greenl. Ev. § 446. Tested by the rules governing cross-examinations, it is very clear that... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 710 страници
...obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony ; the manner in wbich he has used those means ; his powers of discernment,...ascertained, and submitted to the consideration of the jury." — Greenleaf, sect. 446. '•• Let us inquire, now, whether the case before us was such a one as,... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 756 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which...ascertained, and submitted to the consideration of the jury, who have an opportunity of observing his demeanor, and of determining the just value of his testimony.... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1859 - 638 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his powers of discerning facts in the first instance, and his capacity for retaining and describing them, are fully... | |
 | William Gillespie Dickson - 1864 - 1042 страници
...to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his powers of decernmcnt, memory, and description, are all fully investigated...who have thus had an opportunity of observing his demeanour, and of determining the just weight and value of his testimony. It is not easy for a witness... | |
 | William Gillespie Dickson - 1864 - 646 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his powers of décemment, memory, and description, are all fully investigated and ascertained, and submitted to the... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, hi$ means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means, his powers of discerning facts in the first instance, and his capacity for retaining and describing them, are fully... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 страници
...motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a, correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony, the manner in which he has used those means,his powers of discerning facts in the first instance, and bis capacity for retaining and describing... | |
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By means of it the situation of the witness with respect to the parties, and to the subject of litigation, his interest, his motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears... 
