| Law - 1886 - 528 pages
...dying declarations are admissible only when the death of the declarant is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declaration : Sex v. Mead, 2 B. & C., 605 ; 1 Greenl. Ev., 156; Rex v. Lloyd, 4 C. & P., 233." On the other hand... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 708 pages
...are admissible in homicide cases only where the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declaration. Bradner on Ev. (2 ed.) 450, § 10; Greenleaf on Ev. (15 ed.) 224, § 156; 21 Cyc. 981 ; 32 So. 183;... | |
| Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1888 - 830 pages
...death, are only admissible in evidence *wuere the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declarations. Per Abbott, CJ, K. v. Mead, 2 B. &C. 605, 9 EC'L. ; 4 D. & B,. 120. Therefore, where... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1246 pages
...was only admissible upon the principle that "the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declarations." Rex v. Mead, 2 B. & C. 605, quoted approvingly in Grecnleaf on Evidence, vol. 1, §... | |
| New York (State) - 1889 - 146 pages
...is admissible in cases of homicide only when the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declarations." The term " homicide," according to People vs. Davis, (above), and other cases, seems... | |
| Frank Sumner Rice - Criminal procedure - 1894 - 1062 pages
...dying declarations are admissible only when the death of the declarant is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declaration. Rex v. Mead, 2 Barn. & C. 605; Rex v. Lloyd, 4 Car. & P. 233, 1 Greenl. Ev. 156." All the text-books... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1160 pages
...Greenleaf on Evidence (volume 1, § 15G): "The death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declarations." It seems to us that the portion of this statement in reference to calling witnesses... | |
| Sir Andrew Reed - Constables - 1895 - 528 pages
...only in the single instance of homicide, when the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declaration. (11.) Hearsay evidence in general is inadmissible,, because what the other said was not upon oath,... | |
| Austin Abbott - Evidence (Law) - 1895 - 776 pages
...for homicide of the declarant in cases where the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death are the subject of the dying declarations. It is said that the reasons for thus restricting the rule may be that credit is not in... | |
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