king's evidence
Americannoun
noun
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Jones, the attorney general, took it ill of me that I should disparage the king’s evidence.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
Nature having provided king's evidence in almost every member.
From Lectures on Art by Washington Allston
Each man fancies that he may have a chance of escaping by turning king’s evidence or getting out of prison.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston
Very likely," replied the man, sarcastically; "the fact is, there is no occasion for king's evidence in this case, or you might get off by crossing the water; so you must trust to your luck.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
Upon this one of the sailors, turning to his messmate, observed, "Ay, Jack, that's just the way at the Old Bailey; the greatest rogue always turns king's evidence."
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by F. W. Chambers
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