¶1allowed the declaration, tp be evidence. The Court also determined it was improper to mention to the witñess, ifi the course of the examination, What the witné&S sWOrC formerly.
¶2also determined, that path! evidence is admissible, to prové a man a convict, transported from Great -Arziamf nAd that a convict Cannot be restored to his credit, ‘ without actual service during the seven years.
¶3also determined, that the declarations of the deceásed, antecedent to the stroke which occasioned the death, are not admissible evidence, and made á distinction between the declarations of the deceased and those of the prisoner. In the latter case declarations are evidence, because they tend to discover quo animo the fact was committed.