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1 Confessional - 1. special. 2
general
Special 1. Compleat. 2. partial -
Special is direct evidence
Compleat is what sufficient if from
by any other witnessfor Contradict conviction of
uncontradicted.
II Confessional is 1 Judicial
2. Extra-judicial
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I. Judicial
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1. Special confession, of sufficiently
ample a ground of
itself for conviction.
2. General, not:v:i: further
interrogation should be
administered: of which thein
case of delinquency the result will be either to Special
confession sufficiently ample.
2. Non-respssion in part 3dly false
respive in part: and
from these; if the falsity may
be made not either from
self contradiction or external
evidence, sufficient ground for
conviction may be made out.
2. Reasons why general should
not be inclusive
1. Not the best special being
better
2. Though false not susceptible
of being disproved.
3. Cases in which confession
[general orand special] may be
made though false.
1. Confessor guilty of a great
crime, of which he is not guiltyconfessor in less to
the difference of punishment
2. - not guilty of any crime
but understand if evidence
or the Judge or oppssive passing to be against him, confesses
the crime as charged, in the assurance
or in the hope of receiving
mercy paid
compleat or present.
3. terrified and so confesses
by relation.
4. Confession entirely false
scarce exemplified but
in the case of impossible
crimes - such as Witchcraft.
5. Where it is to him the
effect of pleasing, by relation
- the statement referred
to should be false understood
by the confessionalist. This
useful as a momento, and
in instruction needless.
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II Extra-Judicial
is Hearsay
2
1. Special Confession that
special, and ever so simple
no sufficient ground for
conviction itself, seen by
judicial examination it
may be explained.
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