The Law Magazine and Review: For Both Branches of the Legal Profession at Home and AbroadButterworths, 1881 - Law |
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... object of the trial . The worst that can happen is that the prisoner invents a falsehood and sticks to it . One must credit the jury , then , with the same power of distinguishing between truth and falsehood which they are supposed to ...
... object of the trial . The worst that can happen is that the prisoner invents a falsehood and sticks to it . One must credit the jury , then , with the same power of distinguishing between truth and falsehood which they are supposed to ...
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... objects to a prisoner being examined out of court , under the usual caution that he is not compellable to speak , and that whatever he says will be reduced to writing , and if necessary be used against him . Yet most persons who have ...
... objects to a prisoner being examined out of court , under the usual caution that he is not compellable to speak , and that whatever he says will be reduced to writing , and if necessary be used against him . Yet most persons who have ...
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... object to being asked by the prosecution for an explanation of his conduct . That prisoners on trial cannot by physical force be compelled to answer , I grant . But are we , therefore , to accord them the courtesies of war , and to say ...
... object to being asked by the prosecution for an explanation of his conduct . That prisoners on trial cannot by physical force be compelled to answer , I grant . But are we , therefore , to accord them the courtesies of war , and to say ...
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... object , and the worst of it is that the impression of failure is liable to be transferred to the object itself in the estimation of the public , who do not always consider that a measure cannot be said to have failed if it has never ...
... object , and the worst of it is that the impression of failure is liable to be transferred to the object itself in the estimation of the public , who do not always consider that a measure cannot be said to have failed if it has never ...
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... object to the cost of a registration which would not become effective as the foundation of a new title , until it had been followed by twenty years possession , while mean- while they had to pay the cost of investigation under the old ...
... object to the cost of a registration which would not become effective as the foundation of a new title , until it had been followed by twenty years possession , while mean- while they had to pay the cost of investigation under the old ...
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