 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1810 - 208 ページ
...of evidence the law requires. The best evidence the nature of the case will admit of... Ibid. 368. shall always be required, if possible to be had ; but if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. For if it be found that there is any better evidence... | |
 | South Carolina, Joseph Brevard - 1814 - 620 ページ
...Bull. NP 221. 3 Bl. Com. 367—8. One general rule runs through all the doctrine of trials, which is, that the best evidence the nature of the case will...if possible to be had ; but if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. This rule is without any exception. Another general... | |
 | 1817 - 650 ページ
...one general rule that runs through all the doctrine of trials is this, that the beit evidence which the nature of the case will admit of, shall always be required, if possible to be had." Was it not possible . to be had ? It was — these people live in Shore- i ditch — they are tradespeople... | |
 | John Impey - 1818 - 996 ページ
...scribing witnesses. And the one general rule that runs """ "ni" through all the doctrine of trials is this, that the best evidence the nature of the...if possible to be had ; but if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. 3 Black. Com. 368. Carth. 220. Sho. Rep. 39. For... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1822 - 666 ページ
...direct evidence of the fact can be given, and therefore the law still adhering to its general rule, that the best evidence the nature of the case will admit of is sufficient, is satisfied with circumstantial and presumptive evidence. The hand-writing of every... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1822 - 458 ページ
...necessary first to notice one or two rules relating to evidence generally. First, it is a general rule, that the best evidence the nature of the case will admit of, must be produced, if it be possible to be had ; but if not possible, then the next best evidence that... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 ページ
...parol evidence of witnesses. And the one general rule that runs through all the doctrine of trials is this, that the best evidence the nature of the...if possible to be had; but, if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. For if it be found that there is any better evidence... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 ページ
...parole evidence of witnesses. And the one general rule that runs through all the doctrine of trials is this, that the best evidence the nature of the...required, if possible to be had; but if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. For if it be found that there is any better evidence... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 568 ページ
...evidence of [ 368 ] witnesses. And the one general rule that runs through all the doctrine of trials is this, that the best evidence the nature of the...if possible to be had ; but if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had shall be allowed. (13) For if it be found that there as to destroy... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough - 1826 - 722 ページ
...point submitted by the jury to the Court, rests upon the same legal principle with the first, to wit: that the best evidence the nature of the case will admit of, shall be produced. The Law of Pennsylvania, as it respects this matter, declares that marriages shall be... | |
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And the one general rule that runs through all the doctrine of trials is this, — that the best evidence the nature of the case will admit of shall always be required, if possible to be had; but, if not possible, then the best evidence that can be had... 
