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I mean, that's really the basis of -- that's why you call a witness.
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The prosecution was forced to tell the court, because of the Judge Girolami's order, the next witness in line, each time they call a witness.
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Members arrived and were told a man had beaten a woman and had pointed a shotgun at her and a person described as a witness.
unknown title 2009
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Mr. Croke declined, and Mr. Barry appealed to the Judge to decide whether the Crown was not bound to call the witness.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Mr. Croke declined, and Mr. Barry appealed to the Judge to decide whether the Crown was not bound to call the witness.
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Standing at the podium, the Judge had to instruct Mr. Pellicano that before he could get started, he needed to actually call a witness.
Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Begins to Question First and Only Witness 2008
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Tucker, who was a lawyer for the S&L in the mid-1980s, was named as a potential target in the case, and Clinton was identified as a witness.
Drip, Drip, Drip 2008
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Enron's former treasurer, Glisan is the prosecution's last big-name witness.
Forbes Faces Of The Week: Mar. 20-24, 2006 Faces Of The Week: Mar. 20-24, 2006 Forbes.com staff 2006
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Confidences and confessions are too often a means of evasion of justice, a laying of the case for the plaintiff before a judge without allowing the defendant to be present or to call a witness.
Red Pottage 2004
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CARDWELL: Just as Greta was mentioning, they're trying to speed things up by going through this evidence now without calling witness.
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