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Court Examines Precedent After 1900 Evidence Act
In the High Court Mr Justice Darrow presided as judgments were delivered in a case involving John Thomas Biddle and a wife. The Full Court debated whether the 1900 Act altered the admissibility of evidence and if prior precedents remained correctly followed. The question centered on whether a competent witness rule under the Act affected common law in certain cases.
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