A TREATISE

ON THE

LAW OF EVIDENCE,

AS ADMINISTERED IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND;

WITH

ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE AMERICAN AND OTHER FOREIGN LAWS.

BY JOHN PITT TAYLOR, Esq.

OF THE MIDdle temple, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

Longum iter est per præcepta,

Breve et efficax per exempla.-SENECA.

LONDON:

A. MAXWELL & SON, LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,

32, BELL YARD, LINCOLN'S INN;

AND

HODGES & SMITH, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

LONDON:

ERADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS,

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY LORD BROUGHAM,

ETC., ETC., ETC.

MY LORD,

I dedicate this Work to your Lordship, as a distinguished Statesman, an accomplished Lawyer, and what I consider a far more illustrious character than either, the most enlightened Law-Reformer of the Age.

I have the honour to be,

With feelings of real respect and regard,

Your Lordship's most obedient Servant,

J. PITT TAYLOR.