 | Aaron Burr, T. Carpenter - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1807 - 296 pages
...true sense ef the rule, that no witness is compellable to furnish any one of thtm against himselfc It is certainly not only a possible, but a probable...and, to every effectual purpose, accuse himself as <:ntirely as he would do, by stating every circumstance which would he required f«r his conviction.... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1852 - 772 pages
...appears to the court to be the true sense of the rule, that no witness is rumpellable to furnish any one of them against himself. It is certainly not only...effectual purpose accuse himself as entirely as he would do by stating every circumstance which would be required for his conviction. That fact of itself might... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1856 - 626 pages
..." It is certainly not only a possible case," says one of the 'most enlightened jurists of any age, "that a witness, by disclosing a single fact, may...himself, and, to every effectual purpose, accuse himself entirely, as he would by stating every circumstance which would be required for his conviction. That... | |
 | Civil procedure - 1857 - 610 pages
...certainly not only a possible but a probable case," says one of the most enlightened jurists of the age, " that a witness, by disclosing a single fact may complete...be required for his conviction. That fact of itself would be unavailing, but all other facts without it would be insufficient; while that remains concealed... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1866 - 756 pages
...appears to the court to be the true sense of the rule, that no witness is compellable to furnish any one of them against himself. It is certainly not only...case, that a witness, by disclosing a single fact, may com plete the testimony against himself, and, to every effectual purpose, accuse himself entirely as... | |
 | Law - 1892 - 582 pages
...appears to the court to be the true sense of the rule that no witness is oompellable to furnish any one of them against himself. It is certainly not only a possible bnt a probable case that a witness, by disclosing a single fact, may complete the testimony against... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1874 - 834 pages
...himself. It is certainly not only possible, but a probable case that a witness, by disclosing a certain fact, may complete the testimony against himself,...circumstance which would be required for his conviction. The fact of itself would be unavailing, but all other facts without it would be insufficient. While... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1066 pages
...court to be the tiue sense of the rule that no witness is compellnble to furnish any one of then» against himself. It is certainly not only a possible, but a probable, case that я witness, by disclosing a single fact, may complete the testimony against himself, and to every effectual... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 820 pages
...appears to the court to be the true sense of the rule, that no witness is compellable to furnish any one of them against himself. It is certainly not only...a possible but a probable case, that a witness, by disclos1. Cata v. Bardatrt, 3 Twnt. 424. 2. Parl.hw.-t v. Lowten, ? Swaubt . 215. ing a single fact,... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1892 - 778 pages
...the true sense of the rule that no witness is compellable to furnish any one of them against himseii. It is certainly not only a possible, but a probable,...which would be required for his conviction. That fact, <>i itself, might be unavailing, but all other facts without it would be insufficient. While that remains... | |
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It is certainly not only a possible, but a probable case, that a witness by disclosing a single fact may complete the testimony against himself... 
