 | Aaron Burr, T. Carpenter - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1807 - 296 pages
...furnish evidence against the witness. ** If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and" essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction, In such a case, the witness must himself judge, what 'his answer •will be ; and, if he says on oath, that... | |
 | Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 608 pages
...furnish c\ idence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such a case, the witness must himself judge, what his answer will be ; and if he say, on oath, that he cannot... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1835 - 302 pages
...furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such a case, the witness must himself judge what his answer will be; and if he say, on oath, that he cannot... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1835 - 302 pages
...furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...is not bound to answer it, so as to furnish matter jfor that conviction. In such a case, the witness must himself judge what his answer will be ; and... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...furnish evidence against the prisoner. If euch answer may disclose a fact which forma a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony which would...convict him of any crime, he is not bound to answer it во as to furnish matCo) l Eng. С. С. 211. (*) Eng. Com. L. Rep. xxü. 288. (e) Id. xxiv.285. cannot... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1852 - 774 pages
...furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such a case the witness must himself judge what his answer will be; and if he says on oath that he cannot... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1852 - 988 pages
...furnish evidence against the prisoner. If such answer may disclose a fact which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such a case the witness must himself judge what his answer will be, and if he say on oath he cannot answer... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1852 - 772 pages
...furnish evidence against the witness. If Minli answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would...as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such a case the witness must himself judge what his answer will be; and if he says on oath that he cannot... | |
 | William Chetwood De Hart - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1859 - 458 pages
...proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer would furnish a fact, which forms an essential link in the chain of testimony which would...answer it so as to furnish matter for that conviction. The witness must judge for himself, and if he say on oath that he cannot answer without accusing himself,... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 518 pages
...Lucns. bad before laid down. Ho says, " if the answer may disclose a fact, whicb forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would be sufficient to convict the witness of any crime, he is not bound to answer it." " In such a case, the witness must himself... | |
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It is the province of the court to judge, whether any direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony,... 
