ABSTRACT
There is a set procedure in all quality legislation for determining precisely the credibility of witnesses and for verifying the facts of the crime. Any reasonable man, whose ideas are logically expressed and whose sensibilities are similar to those of other men, may be a witness. The credibility of witnesses, then, should diminish in proportion to their hatred, friendship, or other direct relationships to the accused. More than one witness is necessary, because the assertion of one person does not prove anything, especially as the rule of law demands that one is innocent until proved guilty. The credibility of a witness decreases in proportion to the horror of the crime or the improbability of the circumstances, such as for example, witchcraft or gratuitously cruel actions. Finally, a witness has almost no credibility when the crime consists of words.
