 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1859 - 720 sider
...contained, with the following words inserted before what was the proviso in the former constitutions: "And no person shall be rendered incompetent to be...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." The statute law in force at the time of the adoption of the present constitution (2 R. 8, 408, § 87,)... | |
 | W. C. Anderson - 1859 - 104 sider
...profession and worship, without distinction or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religions belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
 | William Anderson Scott - 1859 - 162 sider
...is a part of the Constitution, says : " The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters... | |
 | 1859 - 452 sider
...manner to be prescribed by law. SEC. 4. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters... | |
 | 1859 - 448 sider
...manner to be prescribed by law. SEC. 4. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1860 - 692 sider
...(article 38,) and in that of 1822, (article 7, § 3.) The only change is the additional clause, that no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief. This historical investigation establishes, as I think, beyond doubt, that there has never been a period... | |
 | David Price Belknap - 1860 - 778 sider
...manner to be prescribed by law.1 SEC. 4. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1864 - 574 sider
...to any citizen thereof, unless by the Law of the Land, or the judgment of his peers. Trial by jury. Section 2. The trial by jury in all cases in which...a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religions belief; bnt the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - 1864 - 744 sider
...for any office of public trust ; that the free exercise and en jay me it -of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State; and that no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness rn account of his opinions on matters... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - 1865 - 662 sider
...profession and wi without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ;(') a opiiii matters of religious belief ;(d) but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, sh be so construed... | |
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State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of relipious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or... 
