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Conditions for acting on the evidence of a single witness
Duty of a witness
Effect of a witness giving evidence to help a friend
Extent of the duty of the prosecution to call witnesses
Factors to be considered to allow a witness who has not given a witness statement to testify
How the courts should treat illiterate witnesses' testimony as to dates
Position of the law on the number of witnesses required to prove a case
Position of the law on the veracity of a witness alleged to have made contradictory statements
Position of the law where the evidence on oath of a witness is contradictory to a previous statement made by him
The principle that proof of an offence does not depend on the quantity of witnesses, but on the quality
The proper persons to appear as witnesses in matters relating to family issues and inheritance
The rule that where the witness of a party supports the evidence of that party’s opponent on a material issue, the party who called the witness should lose the contest on that material issue
Whether all competent witnesses are compellable
Whether a member of a family needs a power of attorney to testify on behalf of the family
Whether a party can impeach the credit of his opponent’s witness by calling witnesses to contradict him on irrelevant matters
Whether a party is a witness in his own cause
Whether a stranger to a family can give evidence in a land matter
Whether a trial court can accept the testimony of a witness to convict one accused and reject the testimony against another accused and acquit him in a joint trial on the same charge
Whether a trial court can call a witness after the close of evidence without the consent of the parties
Whether a witness can only testify to a matter within his personal knowledge
Whether a witness must be cross-examined before it can be said that he is not speaking the truth
Whether a witness needs a power of attorney to testify on behalf of a party
Whether a witness needs a power of attorney to testify on behalf of trustees of whom he is one
Whether a witness’s close affinity to a party disqualifies him as a witness
Whether a witness who gives a honest mistaken account of an incident can still be regarded as a truthful witness
Whether a witness who is a relative of the party is an interested person
Whether a witness whose evidence on oath is contradictory of a previous statement made by him whether sworn or not is not worthy of credit
Whether a witness whose evidence on oath is contradictory of a previous statement made by him whether sworn or not is worthy of credit
Whether evidence given by a witness on matters affecting his credit are material
Whether insanity renders a person an incompetent witness
Whether one witness is sufficient to prove a case
Whether parties are required to mount the witness box in respect of matters which are not in contention
Whether the court can act on the evidence of two witnesses who corroborate each other’s evidence in every material particular
Whether the court can compel a witness to testify
Whether the court can order the appearance of a witness
Whether the Court has an obligation to adjourn criminal proceedings indefinitely until the witnesses who disobeyed the summons of the court by disappearing were found
Whether the court has the power to examine the witnesses of the accused
Whether the court is entitled to reject the evidence of a witness merely because he is a relative of the party
Whether the court must arrest a witness who fails to appear in court
Whether the evidence of a sole witness is sufficient to ground a conviction
Whether the evidence of a witness who is not a hostile witness can be impeached
Whether the fact that a person is a witness for the prosecution makes him a person in authority
Whether the prosecution is bound to call every witness
Whether the prosecution is under a duty to call a particular witness
Whether the prosecution or the defence is entitled to examine or cross-examine a witness called by the judge
Whether the trial judge can call a witness not called by ether the prosecution or the defence and without the consent of either
Whether the trial judge must give reasons why he believes prosecution witnesses
Whether witnesses are counted
Who is an attesting witness?
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