 | William Selwyn - 1812 - 732 páginas
...competency'', is not whether he believes in Jesus Christ, or the Holy Gospels, but whether he believes in God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments. 3. Persons who have' been convicted of any infamous crime cannot be witnesses. There are... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - 1816 - 746 páginas
...Omichund and Barker, 1 Atk. SC (a) It has been decided in the Supreme Court of Connecticut, that every person who does not believe in the obligation of an...and a future state of rewards and punishments, or any accountability after death for his conduct, is by law excluded from being a witness ; for to such... | |
 | 1827 - 514 páginas
...admitted;—and that it has now become an established maxim of the law, that where a person believes in a God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments, he cannot be objected to as a witness, on the score of religion. This portion consequently... | |
 | 1828 - 844 páginas
...;—and that it has now become an established maxim of the law, that where a person believes in a God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments, he cannot be objected to as a witness, on the score of religion. This portion consequently... | |
 | 846 páginas
...and that it has now become an established maxim of the law, that where a person believes in a God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments, he cannot be objected to as a witness, on the score of religion. This portion consequently... | |
 | 1830 - 438 páginas
...gospels of God. Buller, J. said, that was not the proper question ; and asked him, if he believed in God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments ; and on his answering in the affirmative, he was admitted. 'I am aware, that this question... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 1154 páginas
...his particular opinions (as to whether he belirves in Jesus Christ), but whether he believes in God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments. Per Buller, J., R. v. Taylor, Peakc, 11. The witness's answer in the affirmative of such... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1832 - 660 páginas
...his particular opinions (as to whether he believes in Jesus Christ), but whether he believes in God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments; Per Buller, JR v. Taylor, Peake, 11. 1 Phill. Ev. 24 ; and it seems sufficient if he states... | |
 | Henry Dutton - 1833 - 602 páginas
...8 Conn. 93. 2. Of defect of religious principle. In the case of Curtis v. Strong, 4 Day, 51, it was decided, that a person who does not believe in the...obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards snd punishments, is an incompetent witness; but, that every person who does, whatever may be his religious... | |
 | Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill - 1839 - 906 páginas
...rule now established in NewYork by statute. (2 Rev. Stat. 408, § 87.) In Connecticut and Tennessee, a person who does not believe in the obligation of an oath, and in a future state of rewards and punishments, or any accountability after death, is inadmissible as... | |
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... believes in a God, the obligation of an oath, and a future state of rewards and punishments, he cannot be objected to as a witness, on the score of religion. 
