 | Thomas Starkie - Evidence (Law) - 1833 - 864 pages
...want the sanction of an oath. And next, the power given to the party against whom evidence Teit of is offered, of cross-examining the witness upon whose...the ability and of the willingness of the witness to declare the truth. By this means, the opportunity which the witness had of ascertaining the iact to... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Sanders Guignard Richardson - Equity - 1845 - 632 pages
...after discussing the other tests to which witnesses are subjected, proceeds thus, sec. 70, p. 96 — " And next, the power given to the party, against whom...evidence is offered, of cross-examining the witness," <fec. "constitutes a strong test, both of the ability and the willingness of the witness to declare... | |
 | Hawaii. Office of the Attorney General - Arbitration and award - 1846 - 710 pages
...the subject. It is asserted that " the power given to the party against whom evidence is afforded, of cross-examining the witness upon whose authority...the ability and of the willingness of the witness to declare the truth." I object also that it would be hearsay evidence, and this you yourselves have said... | |
 | Theodore Thring - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1861 - 416 pages
...binding sanction to that which is admitted. The next is that of cross-examination; that is to say, the power given to the party against whom evidence...witness upon whose authority the evidence depends: this constitutes the strongest test both of the ability and the willingness of the witness to declare... | |
 | Abraham Lansing - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 586 pages
...forcibly stated by Mr. Starkie in his work on evidence, vol. 1, page 25. He says : " The power given to a party against whom evidence is offered, of cross-examining...constitutes a strong test both of the ability and willingness of the witness to declare the truth. By this means the opportunity which the witness had... | |
 | Theodore Thring, Charles Edwin Gifford - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1877 - 584 pages
...binding sanction to that which is admitted. The next is that of cross-examination; that is to say, the power given to the party against whom evidence...witness upon whose authority the evidence depends : this constitutes the strongest test 1 1 Starkie, Ev. 15. * A " solemn affirmation " may be substituted... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice - Criminal procedure - 1894 - 1062 pages
...forcibly stated by Mr. Starkie in his work on Evidence, vol. 1, page 25. He says : "The power given to a party against whom evidence is offered, of cross-examining...constitutes a strong test both of the ability and the willingness of the witness to declare the truth. By this means the opportunity which the . witness... | |
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The power given to the party against whom evidence is offered of crossexamining the witness upon whose authority the evidence depends constitutes a strong test of both the ability and the willingness of the witness to declare the truth. 