 The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the...  A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases - Page 27by Henry Roscoe - 1852 - 929 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Viner - Law - 1801 - 484 pages
...of a perfon who has received a mortal wound, which is admitted on this general principle, that being made in extremity when the party is at the point of death, and every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falfehood is filenced,and the mind is induced... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - Evidence, Criminal - 1802 - 418 pages
...before fhe died. Now the general rule on which this fpecres of evidence is admitted, is, that they are declarations made in extremity, ' when the party is...hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falfehood is 'filent, and the mind is induced by the moft powerful confiderations to fpeak the truth.... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - Evidence, Criminal - 1802 - 420 pages
...before fhe died. Now the general rule on which this fpecies of evidence is admitted, is, that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is...of death, and when every hope of this world is gone 5 when every motive to falfehood is filent, and the mind is induced by the moft powerful confiderations... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence (Law) - 1804 - 534 pages
...perfon making it was not formally fworn ; for as was obferved by Lord CB Eyre in a cafe of this kind, " when the party is at the' point of death, and when...every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falfehood is filenced, and the mind is induced by the moft powerful confiderations to fpeak the truth... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...is " well expressed by Lord Chief Justice Eyre, " every hope of this world is gone, every mo" tive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is " induced...most powerful considerations " to speak the truth." (Vide Melun's dying declaration in the fifth act of this play.) "A " situation so solemn and so awful,... | |
 | Thomas Leach - Criminal law - 1815 - 706 pages
...this species of Trials, lei. evidence is admitted is, that they are declarations made in See Johnson's extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when KiNcTjomr, evei7 hope of this world is gone : when every motive to falseAct the sth, hood is silenced,... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence - 1822 - 668 pages
...sworn; for, as was observed by Lord CB Eyre in a case of this kind, " when the party is at Ib. 567. the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is . fenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth; a situa-^... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence (Law) - 1824 - 838 pages
...formally sworn ; Dying for, as was observed by Lord CB EYRE in a case <«f this kind, •"*""'""'• « when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope lb. 567. But it ¡9 good evidence to prove a sale ami deliver; of lime, and il n not necessary to produce... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1828 - 836 pages
...committed. (n) The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted is, that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope in this world is gone : when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1838 - 1358 pages
...hearsay. Such de- Absence ni inclarations, says Lord Chief Justice Eyre, are made in extremity, lctest' when the party is at the point of death, and when...to speak the truth ; a situation so solemn, and so impending '«• • Iribution. awful, he observed, is considered by the law as creating an obligation... | |
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