Author: Thomas Starkie

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-04

Total Pages: 686

ISBN-13: 9780260307033

Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil and Criminal Proceedings, Vol. 3 Competency. Though in all such cases these oflicers have been liable to be punished by information, for their unlawful acts, the statute of limitations not extending to informations °guo warranto, and yet such witnesses have been alwa s allowed as the best evidence. In the same case Lord ardwiclte seemed also to consider that such testimony was also ad missible on the ound of necessity 5 he observes, Where ever any unlawgll' act is done in a corporate assembly, the whole assembly is liable to be punished by informations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.