"Uncorroborated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... These were precisely the three young men, of all others in Macerata, whom it was most for the interest of the Papacy to get rid of. That very day these three young men were apprehended. They were at last brought to trial; and will it be believed, that on the solitary and uncorroborated testimony of a man who, according to his own confession, was a hired assassin,—and surely I do the man no injustice if I suppose that, if he was willing for money to commit murder, he might be willing ...
— Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber - Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge • James Aitken Wylie
... an administrative agency.[120] A provision that such a body shall not be controlled by rules of evidence does not, however, justify orders without a foundation in evidence having rational probative force. Mere uncorroborated hearsay does not constitute the substantial evidence requisite to support the findings of the agency.[121] While the Court has recognized that in some circumstances a "fair hearing" implies a right to oral argument,[122] it refuses to lay down a general rule that would cover all cases.[123] ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin |
