...hereafter be excluded by reason of infamy from giving evidence; but there was an exception in the act, "provided that this act shall not render competent...any suit, action or proceeding individually named upon the record." Now the two Heathcotes were parties individually named upon the record, and, therefore,...

...of any crime or offence ; Provided, that this Act shall not render competent any Except a party to party to any suit, action or proceeding, individually named in the record, or "¿¡„"шИу named anv lessor of the plaintiff, or tenant of premises sought to be recovered in...

...that such person offered as a witness may have been previously convicted of any crime or offence : provided that this act shall not render competent...landlord or other person in whose right any defendant in repleven may make cognizance, or any person in whose immediate and individual behalf any action may...

...has an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial, &c." The proviso, excludes " any party to any suit, action, or proceeding, individually named in the record or in whose immediate and individual behalf any ACTION may be brought or defended, either wholly, or in...

...first section of that Act repeals so much of the 6 & 7 Viet. c. 85 as provided that that statute should not render competent any party to any suit, action, or proceeding, individually named on the record; but there is nothing in this latter Act to alter the incapacity of a husband or wife....

...not all. It repeals so much of the proviso of the former Act, as declares that nothing in it shall " render competent any party to any suit, action, or proceeding individually named on the record," &c. And the 2nd section renders competent the parties to a suit. But it leaves out...

...have been previously convicted of any crime or offence (perjury and subornation of perjury excepted): Provided That this act shall not render competent...proceeding, individually named in the record, or any leaser of the plaintiff or tenant of premises sought to be recovered in ejectment, or the landlord...

...that " so much of section 1 of the Act 6 & 7 of her present Majesty, c. 85, as provides that the said Act shall not render competent any party to any suit,...in the record, or any lessor of the plaintiff, or tenants of the premises sought to be recovered in ejectment," and so forth, shall be repealed. 1854....

...perjury. convicted of any crime or offence (perjury and subornation of Proviso. perjury excepted): Provided That this act shall not render competent...proceeding, individually named in the record, or any leasor of the plaintiff or tenant of premises sought to be recovered in ejectment, or the landlord...

...Eighty-five, as viso in »• '; provides that the said Act shall " not render competent any " gi£ Ict* " Party to any Suit, Action, or Proceeding individually...Record, or any Lessor of the Plaintiff, or Tenant ofrepealed' " Premises sought to be recovered in Ejectment, or the Land" lord or other Person in whose...