Excerpt from A Digest Law of Evidence: From the Fifth Edition (1899) Of Sir Herbert Stephen, Bart, , Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Clerk of Assize for the Northern Circuit, and Harry Lushington Stephen, of the Inner Temple, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, With Both General American Notes An

Two objects have been in mind in the preparation of this work, first to furnish to the profession of all the States and to students an American edition of the last English edition of Stephen's great work published two years ago and second to prepare one especially adapted to the needs of New England lawyers.

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