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Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3

Note 62 — Chapter VIII

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Harl. MSS. p. 142, etc. It appears that the court of star-chamber could not sentence to punishment on the deposition of an eye-witness (Rushw. Abr. ii. 114): a rule which did not prevent their receiving the most imperfect and inconclusive testimony.

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