History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 57; P.L. 1927, ch. 1048, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 538, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-19-11; Repealed by P.L. 1987, ch. 381, § 5.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 took effect. Those Rules take effect October 1, 1987.