 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), J. H. Adolphus - 1820 - 570 pages
...of the common law, there was no particular form essential to an oath to be taken by a witness; but that, as the. purpose of it was to bind his conscience,...forms of English courts, he probably would not think ft the most binding to his conscience. He conceived that this view of the subject was very important... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), John Adolphus - 1820 - 902 pages
...in citing the case of Oimchnnd and Barker, liad st;ii I'd that the principle was then admitted, that every man of every religion should be bound by that form which he thought would bind In- conscience most. He would suppose the case of an Englishman in Turkey or in... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...there was no particular form essential to an oath to be taken by a witness ; but that, as tinpurpose of it was to bind his conscience, " every man of every...courts, he probably would not think it the most binding on his conscience. He conceived that this view of the subject was very important ; for if a witness... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1821 - 724 pages
...Ormichund r. Barker, and referring to the opinion of the judges in that case, he says, " every man should be bound by that form which he thinks will bind his conscience most." Supposing an Englishman were to go to China and were to pass through the mode of swearing in a court... | |
 | 1821 - 716 pages
...Mansfield, in citing the case of Omichund and Barker, had stated, that the principle was then admitted, that every man of every religion should be bound by that form which he thought would bind his conscience most. He would suppose the case of an Englishman in Turkey or in... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain) - 1821 - 718 pages
...Mansfield, in citing the case ol Omichund and Barker, had stated, that the principle was then admitted, that every man of every religion should be bound by that form which he thought would bind his conscience most. He would suppose the case of an Englishman in Turkey or in... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1828 - 836 pages
...himself consi- Tnistte™s tiers most obligatory ;(q) for, " as the purpose is to bind his con" science, every man of every religion should be bound by that " form which he himself thinks will bind his own conscience " most."(r) Therefore, a Mahometan should be sworn on the... | |
 | 1830 - 442 pages
...no particular form essential to an oath to be taken by a witness, but as the purpose is to bind the conscience, every man of every religion should be...form, which he thinks will bind his conscience most. Peake's Ev. 149, (ed. 1809,) Atcheson v. Everett, Cowp. 389. ' These were the only points made and... | |
 | 1830 - 710 pages
...is essential to be taken by a witness giving testimony in a court of justice. But, as the object is to bind his conscience, every man of every religion should be bound by that form •vim h he himself thinks will bind his conscience most. And therefore, although the Christian oalh... | |
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... as the purpose of it is to bind his conscience, every man of every religion should be bound by that form which he himself thinks will bind his own conscience most" (per Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice, Atcheson c. 
