 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1828 - 836 pages
...reward or punish them in this world or in t/i£ next, can" not be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances, for " this plain reason, because...an oath cannot possibly be any tie or " obligation to them." The proper method, however, of administering the oath must Method of advary according to... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...or punish them in the world to come, cannot be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances ; because an oath cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." -«< In a recent case, in the same court, which may be found in the 2d Vol. of Cowen's Reports, page... | |
 | Law - 1830 - 442 pages
...either reward or punish them, in this world or the next, cannot be witnesses, in any case, or under any circumstances, for this plain reason, because...cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." Willes' Rep. 549. Again : " Supposing an infidel who believes a God, and that he will reward and punish... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...either reward or punish them in this world or the next, cannot be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances, for this plain reason; because...cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them. Omichund v. Barker, Willes, 549. A witness was rejected on this ground by Grose, J., at the Bedford... | |
 | John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 744 pages
...either reward or punish them in this world or in the next, cannot be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances, for this plain reason, because...cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them. I therefore entirely disagree with what is reported to have been said by Lord Chief Justice Ley, in... | |
 | Esek Cowen - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 872 pages
...either reward or punish them in tliie world or in the next, cannot be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances ; for this plain reason, because...cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." It is somewhat remarkable that the rule of exclusion as laid <lc.v. n by Ch. J. Spencer in Gridlcy's... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence - 1856 - 456 pages
...in this world or in the next, cannot be witnesses under any case or under any circumstances, for the plain reason, because an oath cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." The above words of the Chief Justice's judgment, which are placed in brackets, are so placed, because... | |
 | Law - 1857 - 412 pages
...next, cannot be witnesses in any case,- or under any circumstances, for this plain reason, because ah oath cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon...alter the expression, so as to make it consistent with the decision. The great case of Omichund v. Parker, (it may well be called "great," for it- relieved... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, Esek Cowen - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 864 pages
...in tins world or in the ntit, cannot be witnesses in any case, nor under any circumstances; forthii plain reason, because an oath cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." It is somewhat remarkable that the rule of exclusion u laid down by Ch. J. Spencer in Gridley's case,... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence (Law) - 1859 - 540 pages
...in this world or in the next, cannot be witnesses under any case or under any circumstances, for the plain reason, because an oath cannot possibly be any tie or obligation upon them." The above words of the Chief Justice's judgment, which are placed in brackets, are so placed, because... | |
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And, on the other hand, that such infidels who either do not believe in a God, or if they do, do not think that He will either reward or punish them in this world or in the next, cannot be witnesses in any case nor under any circumstances, for this plain... 
