collateral evidence

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By restricting ourselves to this subset of information supported by collateral evidence, we can make out some basic themes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

He will have no say in the agonised discussions to follow, except as collateral evidence.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2018

But if they had all this collateral evidence, then they didn't need my client at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is presumed to have married a daughter of Fortescue of Essex, but the collateral evidence on which the supposition is founded is too slight to be satisfactory.

From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Then followed a good deal of collateral evidence that the police had gathered up and spliced together.

From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)