GOLDEN RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
David Paul Brown, a very able nisi prius lawyer of great
experience at the Philadelphia Bar, many years ago condensed
his experiences into eighteen paragraphs which he entitled,
“Golden Rules for the Examination of Witnesses.”
Although I am of the opinion that it is impossible to embody in
any set of rules the art of examination of witnesses, yet the
“Golden Rules “contain so many useful and valuable
suggestions that it is well to reprint them here for the benefit
of the student.
Golden Rules for the Examination of Witnesses
First, as to your own witnesses.
I. If they are bold, and may injure your cause by pertness or
forwardness, observe a gravity and ceremony of manner
toward them which may be calculated to repress their
assurance.
experience at the Philadelphia Bar, many years ago condensed
his experiences into eighteen paragraphs which he entitled,
“Golden Rules for the Examination of Witnesses.”
Although I am of the opinion that it is impossible to embody in
any set of rules the art of examination of witnesses, yet the
“Golden Rules “contain so many useful and valuable
suggestions that it is well to reprint them here for the benefit
of the student.
Golden Rules for the Examination of Witnesses
First, as to your own witnesses.
I. If they are bold, and may injure your cause by pertness or
forwardness, observe a gravity and ceremony of manner
toward them which may be calculated to repress their
assurance.
