 | West Virginia - 1881 - 636 páginas
...person so charged shall, at his own request, but not own ea ' otherwise, bo a competent witness. And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him, nor shall any reference be made to, nor any comment be made upon, such neglect or refusal. [Approved... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1882 - 886 páginas
...provides, that such person " shall at hit own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness; and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him, nor shall any reference be made to, nor any comment be made upon such neglect or refusal.'' It is entirely... | |
 | West Virginia - 1884 - 994 páginas
...request of the accused, but not otherwise, be a competent witness on such trial and examination. But a failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him or her, nor shall any reference be made to nor comment upon such failure by any one during the progress... | |
 | Arkansas - 1885 - 326 páginas
...Arkansas, the person so charged shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness, and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the... | |
 | North Carolina, Moses Neal Amis - 1886 - 356 páginas
...State, the person so charged shall, at his own request but not otherwise, be a competent witness; and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him. The husband or wife of the defendant, in all criminal actions or proceedings, shail be a competent... | |
 | 1914 - 1400 páginas
...with the commission of a crime, the person so charged shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness, and that his failure to make...request shall not create any presumption against him. In the case of Commonwealth v. Richmond, 207 Mass. 240, 93 NE 816, 20 Ann. Gas. 1209, the court held... | |
 | 1892 - 1274 páginas
...etc., "tho purson so charged shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness, and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him. • W. Rep. 632; Com. v. Mullen, 97 Mass. 546. Thp attorney's reference to thedefendant'e failure to... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1887 - 1004 páginas
...proceedings, the person on trial shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness; and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him, nor be the subject of comment by counsel." Acts 1884-5, p. 139. In Brandon v. People, 42 NY 265, the... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje - 1887 - 684 páginas
...Columbia, the person so charged shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness ; and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him." Alabama. — House Bill Ci.2, Session of 1882: "An act to permit defendants to make statements in their... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 1108 páginas
...charged shall, at his own request but not 876. otherwise, be a competent witness. 43 Fed. Rep., 248, And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him. [March 16, 1878.] April 3, 1878. CHAP. 48.— An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the support... | |
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Columbia, the person so charged shall, at his own request but not otherwise, be a competent witness. And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him. 
