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An Act to enable Joseph E. George to take a certain slave out of this State into the State of Maryland. 1859 686 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0186 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THEf CHAPTER DXCVIII. AN ACT in rt ference to the conpetencyI of.certain persons as witnlesses. Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of. Representatives of the State of Delaware, in Gene -al Assembly niet, Part, to the . SEcTION 1. That a party to the record in any action or judicial recor n, ey lo proceeding, or a person for whose immediate benefit such proceed- u,to,, or ei- ing is pihosecuted or'defended, may be examined as if under cross- verse pirty. etxaminiation, at the instance of the. adverse party, or any of theni, and for that purpose may be compelled in the same ninner, and rartrexandningsubject to the same rules of exiimination, as any other witness to nlverseptynat testify; .but the party calling for such examination shall not be eicretone *cxcluded thereby, but nmayrebut his testimony by other evidence. Power of SEc. 2. That a party proposing to examine a party adverse in Compelling at- interest may have the same process and means of compelling at- tendance anld a regionse. tendance and response, as the law provides in the case of ordinary witnesses. Convicion of SEc. 3. That no person shall be excluded from testifying as a felo' a)t: witness by reason of his having been convicted of a felony, but Ing eidenco. evidence of the fact may be given to affect his credibility. Passed at Dover, February 18, 1859. CHAPTER DXCIX. AN ACT to czalle Joseph, B. George to take a certain slave out of this State into the State of 1lay land. Private Act. Passed at Dover, February 21, 1859. So in origlial. 086

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