| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 pages
...by Chief Justice Cockburn in Regina v. Boyes, I B. & S. 311, to be a practicable one, where he said: "To entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege...circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| 1862 - 722 pages
...Company, and acted upon by Sir J. Stuart, VO, in SideboUom v. Adkins, is the correct one ; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege...circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| 1863 - 788 pages
...Company, and acted upon by Sir J. Stuart, VC, in Sidebottom v. Adkins, is the correct one ; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege...circumstances of ! the case, and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| Edward William Cox - 1865 - 680 pages
...and acted upon by Stuart, VC, in Sidebottom v. Adhins, 3 Jur. NS 631, is the correct one, and that to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege...circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| Edward William Cox - 1846 - 734 pages
...answer. To entitle a witness to the privilege of not answering a question as tending to criminate him, the court must see, from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 pages
...the privilege of not answering a question, on the ground that the answer would tend to criminate him, the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1917 - 780 pages
...received as conclusive. With the latter of these propositions we are altogether unable to concur. ... To entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege...circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to the witness... | |
| 1882 - 826 pages
...his belief that his answer will have that effect is not sufficient to excuse him from answering, but the Court must see, from the circumstances of the case, and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give, that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to him from... | |
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