 | John Jay McKelvey - 1907 - 626 Seiten
...in issue, rather than to any single fact or circumstance.* Conbered accurately or reported with due precision, and incapable In their nature of being disproved by other negative evidence." » The use of confessions against a party was first regulated by statute in 1 & 2 Phil. & M. c. 13,... | |
 | Akhil Reed Amar - 1997 - 292 Seiten
...artifice, false hopes, promises of favor or menaces; seldom remembered accurately, or reported with due precision; and incapable in their nature of being disproved by other negative evidence."260 A leading modern commentator, Judge Friendly, echoed Blackstone's concern and noted that... | |
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And indeed, even in cases of felony at the common law, they are the weakest and most suspicious of all testimony : ever liable to be obtained by artifice, false hopes, promises of favor, or menaces ; seldom remembered accurately, or reported with due... 
