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" I have before said) they are not precisely bound by the rules of the civil law, viz,, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always to believe two witnesses, if the... "
A pocket encyclopędia, or library of general knowledge - Page 171
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
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Universal History from the Creation of the World to the Beginning ..., Volume 6

Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1839 - 366 pages
...rules of civil law, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason ; nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...upon other circumstances reasonably encounter them. It may fall out that a jury, upon their own knowledge, may know a thing to be false which a witness...
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The English Constitution: A Popular Commentary on the Constitutional Law of ...

George Bowyer - Constitutional law - 1841 - 742 pages
...security to the subject in those state-prosecutions),1 nor to reject one witness because he is single, nor always to believe two witnesses, if the probability...circumstances reasonably encounter them ; for the trial, as lord Hale expresses it, is not here simply by witnesses, but by jury :• nay, it may so fall out...
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The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the ...

Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...the civil law, viz, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness, because he is single; or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury ; nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false, that a witness swore to...
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The Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining All the ...

John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...witnesses to prove every fact, unies« it he in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he U single ; or always to believe two witnesses, if the probability of the fact does not upon other circumstances reasonably encounter them ; for the trial is not here simply by witnesses,...
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government: in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1853 - 416 pages
...the civil law, viz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false that a witness swore to...
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The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1853 - 438 pages
...the civil law, viz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false that a witness swore to...
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government: in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1853 - 474 pages
...the civil law, viz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false that a witness swore to...
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The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the ...

Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 852 pages
...civil lav, viz, to have two wit ne sue 8 to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness, because he is single; or always...the trial is not here simply by witnesses, but by jxry; nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing: to be false,...
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The scientific and literary treasury

Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 880 pages
...the civil law, via. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be iu cases of treason, nor to reject one witness, because he is single; or always...for the trial is not here simply by witnesses, but *yj*ry i nay, i* may BO fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false,...
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The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the ...

Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 872 pages
...peculiar unless it be in cases of treason, nor to requestion. There are also special juries in ject one witness, because he is single; or always to believe two witnesses, if the procases where one of the parties is above the common rank. bability of the fact does upon other circumstances...
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