Bribed witnesses nonplussed when judge asks wrong question

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Bribed witnesses nonplussed when judge asks wrong question.

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 J1157

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence.

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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.) Separate examination of witnesses discredits testimony Witness discredited by inability to tell details. (Cf. J1153.1.) "Then I woke up": man discredits his confession by declaring it all a dream Witness claims not to have seen crime

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