CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 569

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unremoved becomes the

to tie

damnation of the party;

Be that as it may, there was not there is not any obligation upon you to yourselves down by those Laws of Evidence, whereby Courts of Justice for their

evenience agree to

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on

bind themselves in the

conduct

4 of the multifarious

enquires with which they are daily oppressed.-

And on this point I of earnestly hope that the Commission will, before, proceeding further, consult

93

565

Mr. Burke's "Report of the Committee of the Nouse of Commons in Nastings't Case upon the nonapplicability of those merely curial rules of evidence extra curiam.

And, were it otherwise),

why confine yourselves to the Courts of Common Law

and their practice?

their

practice?

Are not those of the Chancery and the Admiralty,

as

• respectable in their way? The former may not, but

the latter do, in all cases admit the evidence of witnesses, speaking to their information