Excerpt from A Treatise on Facts, or the Weight and Value of Evidence, Vol. 1Arguments on any question of fact can be supported by reference to judicial authorities - ou both sides as fully as arguments on questions Of law are thus fortified. The design Of this work is to facilitate the preparation for trial, the argument, and the decision Of questions Of fact, by exhibiting What has been said by United States, Canadian, and English judges concerning the causes of trustworthiness and untrustworthiness Of evidence, and the rules for determining its probative weight.The late Mr. Justice Miller of the United States Supreme Court declared that. The difficulties in determining questions of fact are greater and more common than those that occur in deter mining questions of law, and other judges have testified to the same experience. It is therefore eminently desirable that aid should be sought by the triers of facts in all accessible sources where authentic advice is likely to be found.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.