 | California - 1880 - 1122 pages
...time of tneii production for examination; 2 Children under ten. years of age, who appear mc»r ble of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting...which they are examined, or of relating them truly; 3. Parties or assignors of parties to an action rt proceeding, or persons in whose behalf an action... | |
 | New York (State) - 1889 - 146 pages
...capable of giving a correct account of the matters about which he is to be examined as a witness. 2. Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts about which they are to be examined as witnesses, or of relating them truly. 3. A public officer cannot... | |
 | Oregon - Law - 1892 - 1154 pages
...* ble: — 1. Those of unsound mind at the time of their pro duction for examination; 9 Or. 459. 2. Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. Nov. 2o, 1885. Persons who cannot testify. rt. 11, 1SC2, Oct. 1 fi 7.'-. Persons in ct rl;.i:i r. -laticns... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice - Civil procedure - 1892 - 832 pages
...and forty -seven. £ 1880. Persons who cannot testify. The following persons cannot be witnesses: 2. Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable...which they are examined, or of relating them truly; 3. Parties or assignors of parties to an action or proceeding, or persons in whose behalf an action... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice - Criminal procedure - 1894 - 1062 pages
...witnesses : "1. Those who are of unsound mind at the time of their production for examination. "2. Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. "3. Parties or assignors of parties to an action or proceeding, or persons in whose behalf an action... | |
 | Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott - Advocates and advocacy - 1894 - 918 pages
...competent — so far as the question of infancy is concerned — unless they are under ten years of age and appear incapable of receiving just impressions of...which they are examined, or of relating them truly. The difference in the language of these statutes may affect the presumption that should be indulged... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 866 pages
...section. By the laws of Ohio "all persons are competent witnesses except those of unsound mind, and children under ten years of age who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts and transactions respecting which they are examined or of relating them truly." Revised Statutes of... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 734 pages
...as follows: State v. Brown. "All persons are competent witnesses except those of unsound mind, and children under ten years of age who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts and transactions respecting which they are examined, or of relating them truly." Strange as it may... | |
 | California. Commission for Revision and Reform of the Law - Administrative law - 1896 - 336 pages
...be witnesses: 1. Those who are of unsound mind at the time of their production for examina.tion; 2. Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable...which they are examined, or of relating them truly; 3. Parties or assignors of parties to an action or proceeding, or persons interested in, or in whose... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 914 pages
...The statute provides that : "All persons are competent witnesses except those of unsound mind, and children under ten years of age who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts and transactions respecting which they are examined, or of relating them truly." It is well settled... | |
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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. 
