Confront

To bring face to face. The constitutional provision that the accused shall be " confronted with the witnesses against him " means that the witnesses on the part of the State shall ' be personally present when the accused is on trial; ^ or that they shall be examined in his presence, and be subject to cross-examination by him.^ If witnesses are absent by the procurement of the accused, competent evidence of the testimony they gave on a previous trial will be received.* (■ A person accused of a crime is deprived of his right of appearing in person and of being confronted with the witnesses against him if the jury view the locus in quo without his presence." See Declaration, 1, Dying.