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... taken with the substance of the polar questions and the polar answers pretty well understood . The best rule in a case seriously prepared is that counsel never ask his own witness any questions to which he does not already know the ...
... taken with the substance of the polar questions and the polar answers pretty well understood . The best rule in a case seriously prepared is that counsel never ask his own witness any questions to which he does not already know the ...
Page 49
... taken the property through a constable , and Rogers had taken it through the sheriff , thus creating a situation in which the sheriff had to take the property away from the constable and not merely sort out his own pos- sessions ...
... taken the property through a constable , and Rogers had taken it through the sheriff , thus creating a situation in which the sheriff had to take the property away from the constable and not merely sort out his own pos- sessions ...
Page 104
... taken notice of such service , that he had come into court and pleaded to a part of the complaint , but had ignored the main issue , I took a default on him . I held that he had no plea to make to the general charge . " 13 Or , for a ...
... taken notice of such service , that he had come into court and pleaded to a part of the complaint , but had ignored the main issue , I took a default on him . I held that he had no plea to make to the general charge . " 13 Or , for a ...
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