Separate examination of witnesses discredits testimony

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Separate examination of witnesses discredits testimony.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence. · view the constellation · filed as J1153

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general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 114.

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Filed under Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Susanna and the elders: separate examination of witnesses. Testimony as to exact circumstances of her deed does not agree. Witnesses discredited To which of two men does woman belong? Only one can answer questions just as she has. Other discredited

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Testimony of witness cleverly discredited Witness cannot speak language of accusation: discredited. Two parrots taught accusation of mistress in a particular dialect. They know nothing more of the language. (Cf. G1154.1.)Witness discredited by inability to tell details. (Cf. J1153.1.)"Then I woke up": man discredits his confession by declaring it all a dream Bribed witnesses nonplussed when judge asks wrong question Witness claims not to have seen crime

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