--Lords' Minutes.
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_Answer._--The Lord Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas delivered
the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,--"That it is
not competent to the Managers for the Commons to examine the witness,
Philip Francis, Esquire, to any account of the debate which was had on
the 9th day of July, 1778, previous to the written minutes that appear
upon the Consultation of that date,"--and gave his reasons.
1794, February 27.--Lords' Minutes.
_Eleventh._
_Question._--Whether it is competent for the Managers for the Commons,
in reply, to ask the witness, whether, between the time of the original
demand being made upon Cheyt Sing and the period of the witness's
leaving Bengal, it was at any time in his power to have reversed or put
a stop to the demand upon Cheyt Sing,--the same not being relative to
any matter originally given in evidence by the defendant?
1794, February 27.--Lords' Minutes.
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_Answer._--The Lord Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas delivered
the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,--"That it is
not competent for the Managers for the Commons to ask the witness,
whether, between the time of the original demand being made upon Cheyt
Sing and the period of his leaving Bengal, it was at any time in his
power to have reversed or put a stop to the demand upon Cheyt Sing,--the
same not being relative to any matter originally given in evidence by
the defendant,"--and gave his reasons.
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