queen's evidence

noun

English law (when the sovereign is female) evidence given for the Crown against his or her former associates in crime by an accomplice (esp in the phrase turn queen's evidence ) Also called (when the sovereign is male)king's evidence US equivalentstate's evidence

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It would all end in one of you turning Queen's evidence and the other two being hanged.

"True,--and I look forward to turning Queen's evidence."

Of course we might, if he were arrested, allow him to turn Queen's evidence, but there is always a certain feeling against this class of witness.

I was then the sole occupant of the Queen's evidence side of the prison, a place I had chosen as I preferred to be alone.

True to his unvarying principles, he turned Queen's evidence.

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