Atkins', is the correct one; and that, to entitle a party called as a witness to the privilege of silence, 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... The Northeastern Reporter - Page 2411910Full view - About this book
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 pages
...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...incriminating character as against the appellants and that tjieir surrender to the receiver would tend to incriminate the appellants. People v. Butler Street... | |
| 1862 - 722 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer. We, indeed, quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
| John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer ; though, if fhe fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great latitude should... | |
| Edward William Cox - 1846 - 734 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer. Indeed, we quite agree ihnt if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
| Edward William Cox - 1865 - 680 pages
...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 from his being compelled to a?tsirer. If the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great latitude should... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1917 - 780 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer. We indeed quite agree that, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great... | |
| John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer ; though, if the fact of the witness being in danger be once made to appear, great latitude should... | |
| Robert Alexander Fisher - 1871 - 722 pages
...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 from his being compelled to answer. If the fact of the witness being in danger is once made to appear, great latitude should be allowed... | |
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