X-Nico

unusual facts about In open court



Overt act

This rule derives from the Treason Act 1695, passed by the Parliament of England, and was adopted by the United States in Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, which provides that "No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."


see also

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn

Thomas Wassell, a reporter for WSB-TV, approached the clerk in open court during the court proceedings in 1972 and asked for a copy of the indictment documents, which contained the name of the victim.

William Huston Dodd

This led him on occasion into clashes with his colleagues: Peter O'Brien, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, once reminded him rather rudely and in open Court that he was the junior judge.