 The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and...  A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors - Page 681by William Oldnall Russell - 1828Full view - About this book
 | John Pitt Taylor - Evidence (Law) - 1848 - 764 pages
...on which this species of evidence is admitted, was stated by Lord Chief Baron Eyre to be this — " that they are declarations made in extremity when the party is at the point of death, aud when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, West Hughes Humphreys - Law reports, digests, etc - 1850 - 862 pages
...person making it was not finally sworn; for as is observed by Lord CB Eyre, in a case of this kind, "when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced and the mind is induced by the most... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 512 pages
...which then generally prevailed, that dying declarations were admissible upon the general principle " that they are declarations made in extremity, when...party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone : when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is influenced by the... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence - 1856 - 456 pages
...for or against a prisoner who is charged with the crime. In Reg. v. Woodcoch,i Eyre, CJ, said: — "The general principle on which this species of evidence...party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1858 - 608 pages
...such declarations are received, is stated by Eyre, CB, in Woodcock's case ( 1 Leach, 500), to be, " that they are declarations made in extremity, when...silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful consideration to speak the truth ; a situation so solemn, and so awful, is considered by the law as... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - Evidence (Law) - 1858 - 898 pages
...principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, was stated hy Lord Chief Baron Eyre to be this — "that they are declarations made in extremity when...party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence (Law) - 1859 - 540 pages
...for or against a prisoner who is charged with the crime. In Reg. v. Woodcock? Eyre, CJ, said :— " The general principle on which this species of evidence...party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...say. Kdham. DYING DECLARATIONS. In the law of evidence. Declarations made in extremity, (in extremis), when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 726 pages
...which has been approved by this court, which does not differ materially from the one quoted above, is, that "they are declarations made in extremity,...party is at the point of death and when every hope of this world is gone, — when every motive of falsehood is silenced and the mind is induced by the... | |
 | Law - 1861 - 624 pages
...on which this species of evidence is admitted, according to the language of Lord Chief Baron Eyre, is, " that they are declarations made in extremity,...party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most... | |
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