There were no direct witnesses to the Voskerichian murder.

He was cleared of all charges as he was not even a direct witness to events under investigation.

How can this be established, since the bee cannot bear direct witness to the fact?

Despite writing about this, I'm not entirely sure Mark was a direct witness.

The investigation lacked direct witnesses, but the agency hoped that available written records would suffice in court, as was the case with Demjanjuk.

However, there were no direct witnesses, and all evidence in this case was forensic, circumstantial or hearsay in nature.

No direct witnesses to the killings were immediately found.

Living in Buitenzorg on Java, he was a direct witness to the eruption.

It has been an honour for me to lead these debates and hence to be a direct witness to that success.

In his summing up the judge referred to him as a "direct, accurate and truthful" witness.