Some advice on the giving of evidence was addressed by Mr. Justine Callan to an over-cautious witness in a divorce case in the Supreme Court at Auckland. The man stated that the parties had not been living together for some years, and added “to the best of my knowledge.” Further questions elicited that he had been living all the time in the same home with the petitioner,, who was his sister. “Then you know ail about it,” said his Honour. "Don’t weaken it by adding ‘to the best of your knowledge and belief.’ That might mean that you have no knowledge and no belief."
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 209, 1 June 1936, Page 10
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