More Arguments About Hearsay
After giving evidence, Eddie Mabo was ready for cross-examination by Queensland's well briefed lawyers. But more arguments about hearsay flared. Nevertheless, the parties shared a common concern about both the length and cost of the Supreme Court hearing.
So, when the matter resumed before Justice Moynihan, on the twenty third of February 1987, the hearsay issue was not fully pursued. In fact the parties agreed to put all factual disputes to one side.
The Supreme Court adjourned its hearing the next day, and more than two years would pass before the parties appeared before Justice Moynihan again. As His Honour noted some time later, the objections to hearsay evidence were to "recede from centre stage, as the hearing progressed."
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
Eddie Mabo's Evidence & The Hearsay Hurdle
Topic
Feb, 1987
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs
...Court procedures...
Text
Castan, Ron, hearsay, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs, witnesses
...The shift to the High Court...
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1987
evidence, funding, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Moynihan, Justice Martin, No Ordinary Judgement, oral evidence, oral tradition, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Which court should rule on the Hearsay question?...
Text
1987
Castan, Ron, Deane, Sir William, evidence, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs, Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Justice Moynihan's approach to the hearsay question...
Text
1987-1992
Castan, Ron, evidence, hearsay, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition
