Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court; And in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, of the State of New York, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court; And in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, of the State of New York, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...late relative to trials at Nisi Prius; compiled by Mr. But hurst, (afterwards Lord Apsley, ) and republished, by the late Mr. Justice Buller, in 1772, the law is thus laid down: "Infidels cannot be witnesses; i. e. such who profess no religion that can bind their consciences to speak truth. But when any person ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...late relative to trials at Nisi Prius; compiled by Mr. But hurst, (afterwards Lord Apsley, ) and republished, by the late Mr. Justice Buller, in 1772, the law is thus laid down: "Infidels cannot be witnesses; i. e. such who profess no religion that can bind their consciences to speak truth. But when any person professes a religion that will be a tie upon him, he shall be admitted as a witness, and sworn according to the ceremonies of his own religion. (Buller "s N. P. 292.) Professor Wooddeson, speaking of the case of Omichund v. Barker, says, "two of the learned Judges expressed themselves, clearly, of opinion flfat a professed atheist could not be a witness." And the professor thereupon adds, " the case of men wholly without religion (if any such there be) may justly be thought a reasonable and lawful objection to bearing testimony in any cause or trial whatsoever. And this we may set down as the first general exclusion, from giving evidence known to our laws." (3 Wood. 262.) In 1818, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts de Albany, depends upon the motive. The non-delivery of the bureau October, 1823. js omv one circumstance in proof of fraud; and it is ac Tuttle counted for. Beals v. Guernsey, 8 John. 446. Wickham Hunt. t-Miller 12 Johl1, 320, ) Judgment affirmed. cided that the disbelief of a witness, in a future ttale of existence, went only to his credibility and not to his competency. Huntcom v. Huntcom, 15 Mass. Rep. 184. The Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut, in 1809, decided, that a witness who did not believe in the obligation of an oath and a future state of rewards and punishments, or any accountability after death for his conduct, was by law excluded from being a witness. That it would be idle to administer an oa...
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