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 | Courts - 1916 - 1326 pages
...admissible. The passage in Lord Herschell's judgment which summarizes the position is as follows(4) : " On " the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced " tends to show the commission of oth°r crimes does not " render it inadmissible if it be relevant to an issue before " the jury ; and... | |
 | James Crankshaw - Canada - 1895 - 768 pages
...committed the oH'ence for which he is being tried. Still, the mere fact that the evidence adduced may TEND to show the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible, if it be relevant to an issue, and it may be relevant if it bears upon the question of whether the acts alleged to constitute the... | |
 | Law - 1898 - 296 pages
...evidence being given against him. The rule is discussed in Makin v. AttorneyGeneralfor NSW (1894) AC, 57. There the Lord Chancellor, after alluding to the kind...issue before the jury, and it may be so relevant if it boars upon the question whether the act alleged to constitute the crime charged in the indictment were... | |
 | Courtney Stanhope Kenny - Criminal law - 1901 - 574 pages
...Anhbourue, Lord Macnagliten, Lord Morris, Lord Shand. mitted the oft'ence for which he is being tried. On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to shew the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it be relevant to an issue before... | |
 | William Fuller Alves Boys - Coroners - 1905 - 618 pages
...his criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence for which he is being tried. While, on the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to shew the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it is relevant to an issue before... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - Evidence (Law) - 1906 - 944 pages
...conduct or character to have committed the offence, for which he is being tried, yet the mere fact that evidence adduced tends to show the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it bears upon the question whether the acts alleged to constitute the crime charged in the indictment... | |
 | Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1042 pages
...likely from his criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence for which he is being tried. On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to shew the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it be relevant to an issue before... | |
 | Northwest Territories. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 522 pages
...likely from his criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence for which he is being tried. On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence...other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it be releJudgment. vant to an issue before the jury, and it may be so relevant Wetmore, J. if it bears upon... | |
 | Criminal law - 1910 - 590 pages
...likely from his criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence for which he is being tried. On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to shew the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it be relevant to an issue before... | |
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