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Meanings of turn king's evidence in English

Portuguese
delação premiada

Legal term for one who testifies as a witness for the state.

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        Usage of turn king's evidence in English
        1
        I will turn king's evidence, and hunt out Lord Saxingham to send him to you.
        Ernest Maltravers — Volume 08
        2
        It was in your companionship that I lost my character, and now you turn king's evidence against the poor devil you seduced.
        Godolphin, Volume 5.
        3
        As far as I can judge, two or three will turn King's evidence, and the rest will be executed.
        The King's Highway
        4
        'You mean that you will turn King's evidence?'
        John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
        5
        As he is so young he may turn King's evidence, and I feel sure that he did not go willingly into the affair.
        When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
        6
        "Watusk means to turn king's evidence," said Ambrose.
        The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
        7
        But I have this very day seen Cook myself- ImeanPeter Cook, the person that it is supposed will be permitted to turnking'sevidence.
        The King's Highway
        8
        "Don't you think the murderer will bolt out of the country when he knows his mate is prepared to turn King's evidence against him?"
        The Hampstead Mystery
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