History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 401; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 49; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 49; P.L. 1928, ch. 1161, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 538, § 3; P.L. 1940, ch. 939, § 7; G.L. 1956, §§ 9-19-1, 9-19-2; Repealed by P.L. 1987, ch. 381, § 5. Section 7 of P.L. 1987, ch. 381 provides that the repeal of this section by that Act shall take effect on the date that Rhode Island Rules of Evidence adopted by the Supreme Court take effect. Those Rules took effect October 1, 1987.