CONFESSION
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
CONFERENCE. A meeting of several persons for deliberation, for the interchange of opinion, or for the removal of differences or disputes. Thus, a meeting between a counsel and solicitor to advise on the cause of their client.
inal law of England, “is where the accused confeggeth and appealeth others thereof, to become an approver,” (2 Hale, P. C. « 29,) or in other words to “turn ite ole evidence.” is is now obsolete, but something like it is practiced m modern law, where one of the persons accused or supposed to be involved in a crime is put on the witness stand under an implied promise of pardon. Com. v. ea 10 Pick. (Mass, - 20 Am.’ Dec. 534; State v. Willis, 7
inal law of England, “is where the accused confeggeth and appealeth others thereof, to become an approver,” (2 Hale, P. C. « 29,) or in other words to “turn ite ole evidence.” is is now obsolete, but something like it is practiced m modern law, where one of the persons accused or supposed to be involved in a crime is put on the witness stand under an implied promise of pardon. Com. v. ea 10 Pick. (Mass, - 20 Am.’ Dec. 534; State v. Willis, 7
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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