After a brief discussion, it was decided that counsel should be heard on the question whether French was a competent witness.
The Attorney-General first proceeded to argue that an allowance of clergy did not make a felon convict a competent witness.
Lord Chief-Justice Treby[40] was then called on for his opinion, and gave it that French was not a competent witness.
Mark’s Gospel without a trace of misgiving as to the genuineness of that about which he inquires,—is a competent witness in their favor who has hitherto been overlooked in this discussion.
Since the law forbidding interested persons from being witnesses has been changed, it has been suggested that an interested person although otherwise qualified might not be a competent witness to give an opinion as an expert.
The wife of a person charged is now a competent witness, but, except in certain special cases, she can only give evidence for the defence, and can only give evidence if her husband applies that she should do so.
Under the act of 1898 a person charged jointly with another is a competent witness, but only for the defence, and not for the prosecution.
Under that law a person charged is a competent witness, but he can only give evidence for the defence, and can only give evidence if he himself applies to do so.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "competent witness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
