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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland, Vol. 1 of 2 The First Edition of this work has been out of print for several years. Mr Dickson's absence from this country, and the pressure of official engagements, prevented him from superintending the issue of a new edition. At his request I undertook the duty of seeing the present edition through the press, and of bringing it into conformity with the existing state of the law. The alterations on the text are unimportant, and chiefly verbal. The opportunity which I have had of comparing the text with the decisions and the Institutional writers has confirmed my previous impression an impression - which, I believe, is generally entertained by the Profession - that the work is not only substantially, but minutely, accurate. Several important statutes have been passed, and many decisions of great value have been pronounced, since the First Edition appeared. These are mentioned in the Additional Notes, - the Additional Notes being referred to by numerals, the Notes to the First Edition by letters. The leading decisions, more particularly those on points of practice, are fully analysed; and, wherever practicable, the opinions of the Judges are given in their own words. I have to acknowledge, in a special manner, my obligations to Mr W. E. Gloag, Advocate, from whom I have received most material aid and advice; and without the assurance of whose co-operation I should not have ventured to undertake the revision of a work which embraces so wide a field, and touches on so many departments of our law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland, Vol. 2 of 2 The Court proceed so strictly in such matters that they will not allow a recommendation to mercy to be added to a verdict of guilty, which has been recorded and assented to by the jury without such a qualification (f). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.