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and "belief," albeit not to their knowledge."

But this, as I have said, is in all cases.

there are cases where even the fommon Law Courts, ex necessitate, are as liberal

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• their rivals : _ and cases

of character, property, and relationship are amongst

them.

"Where character is at "issue, says the late Mr.

Roscoe, (5th Ed.

-(5th

dipp 32-59.) hearsayevidence of the representations of third persons is admitted: and.

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it is not necessary to "produce those persons/per Lord Kenyon C.S. in Houlkes

v Vellway, 3. Exp. 236]."

"In order," says the same

profound jurist, (pp. 576-7) tobring the case within the statute, evidence of

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reputation of ownership is admissible; (Oliver Bartlett 1. B. VB. 269.):-

Until the year 1894, when,

for the convenience of the "Courts," the existing rule

adopted confining the admissibility of hearsay evidence of pedigree to

was

to the

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