| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1855 - 850 σελίδες
...State as declarations, or confessions, tending to establish his guilt ; and the general rule is, that the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject,...confession, should be taken together. " This rule," says Professor Greenleaf, "is the dictate of reason, as well as humanity." " If," says he, "one part... | |
| John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 764 σελίδες
...the law (a). § 629. In the proof of confessions, as in the case of admissions in civil causes (b), the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject,...the time of making the confession, should be taken togethev. This rule is the dictate of reason, as well as of humanity. The prisoner is supposed to have... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1858 - 740 σελίδες
...delivering the opinion. [l.] " In the proof of confessions, as in the case of admissions, in civil cases, the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject...making the confession, should be taken together." 1. Green. Ev., § 218. Therefore, the question which the counsel of the accused asked the witness,... | |
| Charles Edwin Wilbour - 1862 - 252 σελίδες
...section 218 we find this : " In the proof of confessions, as in the case of admissions in civil cases, the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject,...making the confession, should be taken together." Then we have the statement of the rule in regard to admissions made under a state of hope or fear :... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - 1866 - 756 σελίδες
...branch of the law.1 § 218. In the proof of confessions, as in the case of admissions in civil cases, the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject,...the time of making the confession, should be taken together.8 This rule -is the dictate of reason, as well as of humanity. The prisoner is supposed to... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals - 1873 - 684 σελίδες
...deliberate nor voluntary, upon which alone the value of confessions depend. 1 Greenl. §§ 215, 219. " The whole of what the prisoner said on the subject at the time of making the confession should be received together." 1 Greenl. § 218; 1 Archb. CP Vt'atcrman's Notes, 124-5; Rosette's Cr. Ev. 55;... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals - 1873 - 684 σελίδες
...deliberate nor voluntary, upon which alone the value of confessions depend. 1 Grecnl. §§ 215, 219. " The whole of what the prisoner said on the subject at the time of making the confession should be received together." 1 GreenL § 218; 1 Archb. CP Waterman's Notes, 124-5; Roscoe's Cr. Ev. 55; Ilespublica... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - 1876 - 762 σελίδες
...must be taken as a whole. In the proof of confessions, as in the case of admissions in civil cases, the whole of what the prisoner said on the subject,...the time of making the confession, should be taken together.2 This rule is the dictate of reason, as well as of humanity. The prisoner is supposed to... | |
| George Clipperton Bayne - 1885 - 458 σελίδες
...1860. See " Increased Jurisdiction." Taylor on Evidence says : " The whole of what the prisoner said at the time of making the confession should be taken...rule is the dictate of reason as well as of humanity. If what he said in his own favour is not contradicted by evidence offered by the prosecutor, nor improbable... | |
| 1895 - 1166 σελίδες
...The degree of credit due to them is to be estimated by the jury under the circumstances of each case. The whole of what the prisoner said on the subject...of making the confession should be taken together. The jury may believe that part which criminates the prisoner, and reject that which Is in his favor,... | |
| |