§ 8-49. Witness not excluded by interest or crime.
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Competency of Witnesses.
§ 8‑49. Witness notexcluded by interest or crime.
No person offered as a witnessshall be excluded, by reason of incapacity from interest or crime, from givingevidence either in person or by deposition, according to the practice of thecourt, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or onany inquiry arising in any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court,or before any judge, justice, jury or other person having, by law, authority tohear, receive and examine evidence; and every person so offered shall beadmitted to give evidence, notwithstanding such person may or shall have aninterest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of the issue,or of the suit or other proceeding in which he is offered as a witness. Thissection shall not be construed to apply to attesting witnesses to wills. (1866,c. 43, ss. 1, 4; C.C.P., c. 342; 1869‑70, c. 177; 1871‑2, c. 4;Code, ss. 589, 1350; Rev., ss. 1628, 1629; C.S., s. 1792.)