 | Law - 1862 - 722 pages
...Further than this, we are of opinion that the danger tobe apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the...and barely possible contingency, so improbable that DO reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. We think that a merely «remote and naked... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1865 - 680 pages
...effect of any particular question. The danger to be apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law, in the ordinary course of things, and not a danger of imaginary character, having reference to some barely possible contingency. Reg.... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 866 pages
...probable danger, with reference to the ordinary operations of the law in the ordinary courts, but " a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial character,...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct." Such dangers it was never the object of the provision to obviate. A very curious condition is found... | |
 | Peter Benson Maxwell - Justices of the peace - 1871 - 382 pages
...himself of the effect of any particular question. The danger, too, must be real and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things, not a remote possibility out of the ordinary course of law, and such as would not influence a reasonable... | |
 | Robert Alexander Fisher - Criminal law - 1871 - 722 pages
...effect of any particular question. The danger to be apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law, in the ordinary course of things, and not a danger of an imaginary character, having reference to some barely possible contingency. Ib.... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1874 - 880 pages
...Ves. 525. fied, that the danger to be apprehended by the witness must be " real and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the...that no reasonable man would suffer it to influence bis conduct," for such a possibility should not be suffered to obstruct the administration of justice.1... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1874 - 834 pages
...effect of any particular question. The danger to be apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law, in the ordinary course of things, and not a danger of an imagiBOOK II.] SELF-CRIMINATION AND DISGRACE. Court determines as to question.... | |
 | Sir William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1877 - 900 pages
...(6) It has also been laid down that the danger to be apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. A merely remote and naked possibility, out of the ordinary course of law, such as no reasonable man... | |
| |
The danger to be apprehended must be real and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things ; not a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial character, having reference to some extraordinary and barely possible... 
