The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence of the hypothesis with the circumstances being, in the abstract, insufficient, unless they exclude every other supposition, it is essential to inquire with the... Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia - Página 140por Nova Scotia. Supreme Court, James Thomson, Alexander James, Henry Oldright, Fitzgerald Cochran, John Morris Geldert, James Macdonald Oxley, William Bernard Wallace, Benjamin Russell, Samuel Ainsley Chesley, Frank W. Russell, LaMert S. Whinyard - 1873Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1842 - 850 páginas
...will reconcile most of them, and in the most natural manner. " Tne force of circumstantial evidence, being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence of the hypothesis with tho circumstances being, in the abstract, insufficient, unless they exclude every other supposition,... | |
| Thomas Starkie - 1833 - 864 páginas
...exclusive in its inquiry nature, and the mere coincidence of the hypothesis with the cir- h^^ji" cumstances being in the abstract insufficient, unless they exclude...inquire, with the most scrupulous attention, what other hypotheses there may be which may agree wholly or partially with the facts in evidence. Those which... | |
| 1842 - 630 páginas
...will reconcile most of them, and in the most natural manner. « The force of circumstantial evidence, being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...exclude every other supposition, it is essential to enquire, with the most scrupulous attention, what other hypotheses there may be agreeing wholly or... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1855 - 494 páginas
...them, and in the most natural manner. " The force of circumstantial evidence," observes Mr Starkie, " being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...inquire, with the most scrupulous attention, what other hypotheses there may be agreeing wholly or partially with the facts in evidence. Those which agree... | |
| Samuel M. Andrews, Charles Gideon Davis - 1869 - 318 páginas
...and reason is, — I read from page 111, — that " The form of circumstantial evidence being thus exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...agree wholly or partially with the facts in evidence. Those which agree even partially with the circumstances are not unworthy of examination, because they... | |
| Henry Oldright - 1873 - 378 páginas
...Starkie, (Starkieon Evidence, Sharswood's edition, p. 76O): "The force of circumstanti il evidence," he says, "being exclusive in its nature, and the mere...best of my ability conducted, and the result under tne duty imposed on me, as I conceive, of revising the verdict of the jury convicting Douglas, is the... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1887 - 552 páginas
...An able expounder of the law of evidence has warned us that: 'The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...scrupulous attention, what other hypothesis there may be, agreeing wholly or partially with the facts in evidence.' "A man of very marked appearance was seen... | |
| 1902 - 1284 páginas
...case: "Mr. Starkie, In his work on Evidence (section 862), says: "The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in Its nature, and the mere coincidence...inquire with the most scrupulous attention what other hypotheses there may be which may agree wholly or partially with the facts In evidence.' The court... | |
| Laura Carter Holloway - 1888 - 558 páginas
...An able expounder of the law of evidence has warned us that : ' The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...inquire, with the most scrupulous attention, what other hypotheses there may be, agreeing wholly or partially with the facts in evidence.' " A man of very... | |
| Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1889 - 1428 páginas
...following rule from the text of Starkie has been often approved: " The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in its nature, and the mere coincidence...wholly or partially with the facts in evidence."* One court h;is said: "We can conceive of no hypothesis by which, in the order of natural causes and... | |
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