"Witnesses may lie, either be mistaken themselves, or wickedly intend to deceive others . . . but . . . circumstances cannot lie."
— Witnesses

January 1, 1970

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Richard Mounteney, B., Annesley v. Lord Anglesea (1743), 17 How. St. Tr. 1430. See also per Legge, B., R. v. Blandy (1752), 18 How. St. Tr. 1186, 1187.