 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1896 - 776 страница
...all cases either Innatic or idiot may be received, if, in the discretion of the court, he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation...of an oath, and to be capable of giving; a correct answer to the questions put. The question of competency is to be determined by the judge trying the... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1853 - 696 страница
...count was bad. Gregory v. The Queen, 252 LOST GOODS. Larceny by taking of, 390 LUNATIC.. A lunatic is admissible as a witness if he have sufficient understanding...matters which he has seen or heard in reference to the question at issue. Wnether he have such sufficient understanding is a question to be determined by... | |
 | George Colwell Oke - 1853 - 668 страница
...however the witness can read and write, the questions and answers had better be written down. A lunatic is admissible as a witness if he have sufficient understanding...giving a correct account of the matters which he has eeen or heard in reference to the question at issue ; and the former is a question for the jury (Reg.... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 834 страница
...all cases either lunatic or idiot may be received, if in the discretion of the court he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation...of an oath, and to be capable of giving a correct answer to the questions put. n The question of competency is to be determined by the judge trying the... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 страница
...now settled that either may be received as a witness, if in the discretion of the court he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation...of an oath, and to be capable of giving a correct answer to the questions put. Kendall v. May, 10 Allen (Mass.), 59 ; Campbell v. Slate, 23 Ala. 44 ;... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1875 - 1070 страница
...cases, either an idiot or lunatic may be received, if, in the discretion of the court, he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation of an oath, and to be able to give a correct answer to the questions put. The competency is to be determined by the judge... | |
 | 1875 - 788 страница
...cases, either an idiot or lunatic may be received, if, in the discretion of the court, he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation of an oath, and to be able to give a correct answer to the questions put. The competency is to be determined by the judge... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 842 страница
...cases, either an idiot or lunatic may be received, if, in the discretion of the court, he appears to have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation of an oath, and to be able to give a correct answer to the questions put. The competency is to be determined by the judge... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1912 - 548 страница
...that he has sufficient understanding to appreciate the obligations of an oath and to be capable to giving a correct account of the matters which he has seen or heard with reference to the account at issue and his credibility is a fact to be determined by the jury.28... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 890 страница
...Add. ER 79, 94. The general rule, therefore, is, that a i.unatic or a person affected with insanity is admissible as a witness if he have sufficient understanding...capable of giving a correct account of the matters wbicb he has seen or heard iu reference to the questions at issue ; and whether he have that understanding... | |
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The general rule therefore is that a lunatic or a person affected -with insanity is admissible as a witness if he have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation of an oath, and to be capable of giving a correct account of the matters which... 
