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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).

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