 The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court contrary to what he has testified at the trial. But it is only in such matters as are relevant to the issue that the witness can be contradicted.  The Southwestern Reporter - Página 1481888Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Samuel March Phillipps - 1815 - 600 páginas
...attack their general character, and by fresh evidence support the character of his own witness. 2. The credit of a witness may be impeached, by proof that he has made statements out of court, on the same subject, contrary to what he swears at the trial (4). A letter, therefore,... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - 1816 - 746 páginas
...attack their general character, and by fresh evidence support the character of his own witness. 2. Thft credit of a witness may be impeached, by proof that he has made statements out of court (a), on the same subject, contrary to what he swears at. the trial (4). A letr • (1)... | |
 | Arthur Thistlewood - 1817 - 338 páginas
...attack their general character, and by fresh evidence support the character of his own witness. 2. The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of Court, on the same subject, contrary to what he swears on the trial." Justice Abbott was clearly... | |
 | James Watson - 1817 - 206 páginas
...attack their general character, and. by f^esh evidence support the character of his own witness. 2. The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of Court, on the same subject, contrary to what he swears on the trial." Mr. Justice AMott was... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1832 - 716 páginas
...such a foundation has been laid in her cross-examination. In England, the rule is well established, that the credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court on the same subject, contrary to what he swore at the trial.5 11. Indecent practices with... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1841 - 226 páginas
...may attack their general character, and by fresh evidence support the character of his own witness. The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court, on the same subject, contrary to what he swears at the trial. A letter written by him,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1856 - 798 páginas
...should not testify from information given by others, however worthy of credit they may be." It is true, the credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of Court contrary to what he has testified on the trial; but this, applied to Sloan's testimony,... | |
 | Stephen Vincent Benét - 1862 - 392 páginas
...veracity, or may attack the character of the impeaching witness. 2. Proof of Contradictory Statements. The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court on the same subject, contrary to what he swears at the trial, provided he has been previously... | |
 | 1865 - 444 páginas
...could be obtained to keep up the fire. Wharton's American Criminal Law, p. 434, section 817, says : " The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court contrary to what he has testified at the trial. But it is only in such matters as are... | |
 | 1865 - 290 páginas
...asked the question, but it is conclusive against him." Grcenlcaf on Evidence, section 449, page 575. '' The credit of a witness may be impeached by proof that he has made statements out of court contrary to what he has testified at the trial. But it is only in such matters as are... | |
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