 | 1862 - 722 sider
...a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which...to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We, indeed, quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith - 1862 - 1056 sider
...privilege of silence, ~The QUEEN the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case BOY'ES and 'ne nature of the evidence which the witness is called...to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We indeed quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith - 1862 - 1062 sider
...silence, The QUEEN tne Court must see, from the circumstances of the case BOVES anc* ^e nature of tne evidence which the witness is called to give, that...to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We indeed quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
 | 1863 - 788 sider
...a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see from the circumstances of ! the case, and the nature of the evidence which...to apprehend danger to the witness from his being i compelled to answer. We, indeed, quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 sider
...the ground that the answer would tend to criminate him, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which...to the witness from his being compelled to answer ; though, if fhe fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great latitude should... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1917 - 780 sider
...a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the...to the witness from his being compelled to answer. We indeed quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
 | 1882 - 826 sider
...effect is not sufficient to excuse him from answering, but the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which...there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to him from his being compelled to answer. But, if it is once made to appear that the witness is in danger,... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 sider
...the ground that the answer would tend to criminate him, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which...to the witness from his being compelled to answer ; though, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great latitude should... | |
 | 1884 - 550 sider
...altogether unable to concur." But he goes on to say that " the court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the...to the witness from his being compelled to answer," and also tbat the danger must be real und appreciable. That is on the whole the principal authority... | |
 | Robert Alexander Fisher - 1871 - 722 sider
...of not answering a question as tending to criminate him, the court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the...answer. If the fact of the witness being in danger is once made to appear, great latitude should be allowed to him in judging of the effect of any particular... | |
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Atkins', is the correct one; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable... 
