...an incompetent witness, so long as he remains not convicted and sentenced for an infamous crime. But the degree of credit which ought to be given to the...matter exclusively within the province of the jury. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 379, 380. It follows from this statement of the law, that Mrs. McMichael was a competent...

...impossible, without having recourse to such evidence, to bring the principal offenders to justice. The degree of credit, which ought to be given to the...of the jury. It has sometimes been said, that they (p) Deut. xix. 15 ; Deut. xvii. 6 ; Numb. xxxv. 30. (q) Dec. Greg. lib. 2, tit. 20, cap. 23. (r) 2...

...impossible, without having recourse to such evidence, to bring the principal offenders to justice. The ' degree of credit, which ought to be given to...weighing such testimony is dictated by prudence and reason. But no positive rule of law exists on the subject; and the jury may, if they please, act upon...

...impossible, without having recourse to such evidence, to bring the principal offenders to justice. The degree of credit which ought to be given to the...is a matter exclusively within the province of the court. It has sometimes been said that the court ought not to believe him, unless his testimony is...

...possible, without having recourse to such evidence, to bring the " principal offenders to justice. The degree of credit which ought " to be given to the testimony of an accomplice is a matter exclu• sively within the province of the jury. It has sometimes been " said that they ought not to...

...discussed in 1 Phillips on Evidence, COCKBUEX, C..T.—It is stated very well in Taylor on Evidence, 796; " The degree of credit which ought to be given to the...the province of the jury. It has sometimes been said they ought not to believe him unless his evidence is corroborated by other evidence, and without doubt...

...should afterwards refuse to testify, he may bo convicted upon the evidence of that confession.5 § 880. The degree of credit which ought to be given to the...dictated by prudence and good reason. But there is no 1 See Jones v. Georgia, 1 Kelly, 610. case of a party seeking relief. See infra, 3 Supra, § 862. §...

...testimony of a confederate in the crime. Mr. Greenleaf thus states the rule, and, we think, correctly: "The degree of credit which ought to be given to the testimony of an accomplice ia a matter exclusively within the province of the jury. It has been sometimes said that they ought...

...or text-books on surgery, and used by surgeons of ordinary skill in similar cases. 7. In determining the degree of credit which ought to be given to the testimony of any witness in the case, the jury should consider any relationship which they may believe, from the...

...Hale. PC Vol. 1, page 305.—Balmore's case. Grcenleaf on Evidence. Vol. 1. Page479. No. 379. No. 380 "The degree of credit which ought to be given to the...an accomplice, is a matter exclusively within the power of the Jury." Greenleaf. Vol. 1. Page 490. No. 389. Powell's Law of Evidence.—Pages 37 et 41....