 | Henry Humphreys - 1867 - 448 str.
...received as evidence is the awful solemnity of the situation under which it is delivered, when all hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood...the most powerful considerations to speak the truth. It need not be in the presence of the accuse^ nor is it to be on oath ; for the situation of the dying... | |
 | 1867 - 522 str.
...of death, and when every hope in this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced, rad the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations...situation so solemn and awful is considered by the law аз creating an obligation equal to that imposed by an oath in court. (1 Leach, 502 ; see also Alderson's... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson - 1867 - 510 str.
...stated by him. " They are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth : a situation so solemn and so awful... | |
 | John H. Colby - 1868 - 480 str.
...declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of the world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced,...considerations to speak the truth. A situation so solemn and so awful, is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal Jo that which is imposed by an oath... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1870 - 616 str.
...admitted is, that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone; when every...considerations, to speak the truth. A situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1871 - 856 str.
...admitted is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone — when every...considerations to speak the truth. A situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Courts, John Wayne Ashmead - 1871 - 572 str.
...strictly speaking, is but hearsay, is. that declarations made under such circumstances, when every hope in this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood...the most powerful considerations to speak the truth, create in the individual making them, in a situation so solemn and awful, an obligation equal to that... | |
 | John J. Elwell - 1871 - 624 str.
...be this: that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every...silenced, and the mind is induced, by the most powerful consideration, to speak the truth. A situation so solemn and so awful, is considered by the law as... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1871 - 808 str.
...principle that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone, when every...falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most Dixon vs. The State of Florida — Opinion of Court. powerful considerations to speak the truth. A... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1871 - 914 str.
...I., pp. 028—631. CHAP. XYI. when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is iiiduced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth : a situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive... | |
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The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone — when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and... 
