 The inquiry must also be as to the general character ; for it is general character alone which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period would not then...  A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 489by Samuel March Phillipps - 1838 - 1079 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1828 - 836 pages
...can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person, who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period, would not then begin to act an unworthy part : and, therefore, proof of particular transactions, in which the prisoner may have... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1831 - 1154 pages
...which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period would not...defendant may have been concerned is not admissible at evidence of bis general good character. The best medium of proof of general character is, by showing... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Thomas Pollock Devereux, George Edmund Badger - Law reports, digests, etc - 1834 - 602 pages
...alone, that can afford any test of good conduct, or raise a presumption that one, who had maintained a fair reputation down -to a certain period, would not then begin to act an unworthy part, (2 Russell 70S, 1 JllcJValhj S£2.) If the judge, in his remarks relative to character,... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justice of the peace - 1837 - 1262 pages
...which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period would not...admissible as evidence of his general good character. The best medium of proof of general character is, by showing how the person stands in general estimation... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period, would not then begin to act a dishonest, unworthy part. Phill. Ev. 490, 8th ed. It frequently happens that witnesses, speaking of the general opinion of the... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1845 - 1052 pages
...test of general conduct, i: raí* a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair repuoii-jQ down to a certain period would not then begin to act a dishonest, ¿nwor.hy part. Proof of partiatlar transactions in which the defendant :¿»; iive been concerned... | |
 | Theodore Thring - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1861 - 416 pages
...can. afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period, would not then begin to act an unworthy part; and therefore proof of particular transactions in which the prisoner may have been... | |
 | E. Chandos Leigh, Lewis William Cave - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 696 pages
...which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period would not...What then is evidence of general character ? The best medinm of proof is by shewing how the person stands in general estimation ; proof that he is reputed... | |
 | John H. Colby - Criminal law - 1868 - 480 pages
...which can afford any test of general conduct, or raise a presumption that the person who had maintained a fair reputation down to a certain period would not then begin to act an unworthy part ; and therefore proof of particular transactions, in which the prisoner may have been... | |
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