A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 1

A. Strahan, law-printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1822 - Evidence (Law)

Interest where the Verdict would be Evidence	1

Of the Attendance of Witnesses	2

Payment of Witnesss Expences	8

Or the Incompetency of Witnesses from Want	17

Form of Swearing	23

What Offences incapacitate and	29

Of the Admissibility of Accom	37

Associates Informers	43

Exceptions to the Rule	326

Judgment Evidence by way of Induce	330

Effect of Record of Conviction	336

Member of Corporation when competent	339

Of Sentences in Courts of Admiralty	345

Effect of Foreign Judgment	351

Sentence of Deprivation by a College	357

Attendance before Commissioners of Bankrupt	359

Of the Rule on the Subject of Inter	69

Defendant suffering Judgment by Default	75

Their Incompetency for each other	81

Of the Effect of Admissions by	88

Statement by Agent of the Party	98

Proof of Agency	104

Parol Evidence of Confession	112

Of the Competency of the Party	118

Informers	124

ness may be restored	130

CHAP VI	139

Of the Number of Witnesses for	147

Circumstantial Evidence	163

Evidence is to be confined to	167

Evidence of Character	174

Judgment by Default Its Effect	184

The Affirmative of the Issue is	194

Release by Guardian	196

The Substance only of the Issue	200

Variance in Time	215

Cases where the best Proof is dispensed with	225

Hearsay on question of Pedigree	237

Hearsay as to Public Rights	248

XX	267

Examination in Chief	268

Leading in CrossExamination	274

Privileged Communications	284

Evidence in support of Character	307

Or Acts of Parliament	314

Effect of Judgment between same Parties	320

Presumption of Law of Fact	360

Depositions on Interrogatories	368

VOL I	369

Inquisitions	375

Judgments of Inferior Courts	381

Verdict	389

Judgment in House of Lords	397

Presumption of Legitimacy	398

OF Public Writings not Judicial	402

Parish Registers	408

Rolls of Manor Courts	417

Histories	423

Or the Proof of Private Writings	438

Secondary Evidence of writings	453

Pleading of lost Deed	461

Material Witness absent Motion for putting	462

Proof of Execution by proving subscribing	471

Old Writings	477

Comparison of Handwriting	492

Page	497

Attestation	503

Presumption of Payment	509

Alteration of Bill of Exchange	517

Alteration to correct Mistakes	527

Memorandum or Agreement for the Hire	533

Mistake in Names	538

Patent Ambiguity	544

Evidence of the Situation or Estate of	550

Of the Rule in Courts Equity	575

Rule in Case of Partperformance	584

Title	A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 1 A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Samuel March Phillipps
Author	Samuel March Phillipps
Edition	5
Publisher	A. Strahan, law-printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1822

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