Other matters that cannot be conveyed by ear.

• Jurisdiction: United States

Section 120. Other matters that cannot be conveyed by ear.—By the same token, it is generally not very profitable to attempt to state legislative history orally, unless the whole case hinges on it, in which event more detailed treatment is justified. An example of the latter situation was Girouard v. United States,¹⁶discussed above in this connection in Section 96. Even for that case, however, it was necessary to state the legislative history in broad and simple terms; compare the statement in open court...