 | Montana (Ter.) - Law - 1866 - 792 pages
...testify: First, Persons who are of an unsound mind at the time of their production for examination. Second, Children under ten years of age who appear...which they are examined or of relating them truly, but the court in its discretion may allow such children to testify, and the facts herein enumerated... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Civil procedure - 1868 - 418 pages
...examination. Second. Children under ten years of age, who, in the opinion of the court, appear incapahle of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. " Third. Mongolians, Chinese, or Indians, or persons having one-half or more of Indian hlood, in an... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Civil procedure - 1868 - 410 pages
...Children under ten years of age, who, in the opinion of the court, appear incapahle of receiving juet impressions of the facts respecting which they are examined, or of relating them truly. Third. Mongolians, Chinese, or Indians, or persons having one-half or more of Indian hlood, in an action... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence - 1869 - 786 pages
...proof. XIV. The following persons only shall be incompetent to testify : — 1. Children under seven years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. 2. Persons of unsound mind, who, at the time of their examination, appear incapable of receiving just... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - Evidence (Law) - 1869 - 646 pages
...XIV. The following persons only shall be incompeto testify. imi to testify 1. Children under seven years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. 2. Persons of unsound mind, who, atthe time oftheir examination, appear incapable of receiving just... | |
 | Punjab (India) - Civil law - 1869 - 838 pages
...relating them truly. imane persons. 2. Persons of unsound mind, who, at the time of their examination, appear incapable of receiving just impressions of...respecting which they are examined, or of relating them Not to lie sum- " moved without leave truly ', and no person who is known to be of unof Court. sound... | |
 | Wyoming - Law - 1870 - 808 pages
...testify : First, Persons of unsound mind at the time of their production. Second Indians and negroes who appear incapable of receiving just impressions...respecting which they are examined, or of relating them intelligently and truly. Third Husband and wife, concerning any communication made by one to the other... | |
 | Charles W. Langdon - Constables - 1870 - 858 pages
...production for examination. 2d. Children under ten years of age, who, in the opinion of the court, appear incapable of receiving just impressions of...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. Gen. Laws, 5331, 5332. SEC. 35. There is no precise age within which children are excluded from testifying.... | |
 | Peter Benson Maxwell - Justices of the peace - 1871 - 382 pages
...falsehood. In India, the only persons now absolutely incompetent to testify are children under seven, who appear incapable of receiving just impressions...which they are examined, or of relating them truly ; and persons of unsound mind who are under a similar incapacity at the time — Act II of 1855, s.... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - Evidence (Law) - 1871 - 914 pages
...XIV. The folio whig persons only shall be intify. competent to testify : — 1 . Children under seven years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting which they en' are examined, or of relating them truly. 2. Persons of unsound mind, who, at the time of their... | |
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Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting which they are ex-amined, or of relating them truly. 
