Southern Reporter, Volume 52West Publishing Company, 1910 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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... witness " to testify At the trial the state " offered to prove " by a witness " where one Jerry Crowley was found dead in Columbia county , " to which the defendant objected on the ground that it was immaterial . The witness was ...
... witness " to testify At the trial the state " offered to prove " by a witness " where one Jerry Crowley was found dead in Columbia county , " to which the defendant objected on the ground that it was immaterial . The witness was ...
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... witness Riddle it was asked , " Didn't you , or some one present there [ that is , when the confession was made in the upstairs room at the depot ] , at the time say it would be worse for him if he didn't come out with the clean thing ...
... witness Riddle it was asked , " Didn't you , or some one present there [ that is , when the confession was made in the upstairs room at the depot ] , at the time say it would be worse for him if he didn't come out with the clean thing ...
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... witness Lacy , on that pre- vious trial , whereat the pleadings were dealt with , and evidence was not taken , though the witness was in attendance . It does not purport to be an agreement to obviate La- cy's attendance throughout the ...
... witness Lacy , on that pre- vious trial , whereat the pleadings were dealt with , and evidence was not taken , though the witness was in attendance . It does not purport to be an agreement to obviate La- cy's attendance throughout the ...
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... witness , and that he knew Dr. Pressley . Defendant's counsel asked this witness , " Is he a competent surgeon ? " to which question the plaintiff objected , and the court sustained the objection . There is no error in this . Without ...
... witness , and that he knew Dr. Pressley . Defendant's counsel asked this witness , " Is he a competent surgeon ? " to which question the plaintiff objected , and the court sustained the objection . There is no error in this . Without ...
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... WITNESSES ( § 267 * ) - CROSS - EXAMINATION— SCOPE - DISCRETION OF COURT . While much latitude is permissible on the cross - examination of a witness touching his sin- cerity , memory , etc. , even to the asking of ir- relevant ...
... WITNESSES ( § 267 * ) - CROSS - EXAMINATION— SCOPE - DISCRETION OF COURT . While much latitude is permissible on the cross - examination of a witness touching his sin- cerity , memory , etc. , even to the asking of ir- relevant ...
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