Procedure relative to the re-examination of witnesses.
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TITLE XV.
Re-examination & Confrontation of Witnesses.
ARTICLE I.
IF the accusation merits investigation, the Judge will ordain that the
witnesses heard at the information, & others who may be heard anew, will
be re-examined in their depositions, & if required, confronted with the
Accused; & for this purpose, called forward promptly, considering distances
to travel, the status of the person, & the matter at hand.
ARTICLE II.
THE witnesses who fail to appear in a first instance will be fined; &
in case of contempt, will be physically brought forward, if ordained by the
Judge.
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ARTICLE V.
THE witnesses will be re-examined separately, & will be, following
an oath sworn & a reading done to them of their deposition, interrogated
to declare if they wish
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to add to or diminish from it; & if they persist on it, and what they
wish to add to or diminish from it will be written, [...]
Source: Louis XIV, "Procedure relative to the re-examination of witnesses, in l'Ordonnance ... pour les matières criminelles" (: Chez les Associés, 1670).