 | 1884 - 550 σελίδες
...time. This question has been settled in England by the act referred to, whereby it is enacted that " a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character; but he may, in case the witness ahull, in the opinion of the jndge,... | |
 | Robert Alexander Fisher - 1871 - 722 σελίδες
...Discrediting Character of Adverse Witness.]— By 28 & 29 Viet. c. 18, s. 3, " in all criminal cases a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character ; but he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the judge,... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1874 - 726 σελίδες
...fact, though of the most delicate nature, and communicated to him in the strictest confidence (A). A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character; but he may, in case his witness, in the opinion of the judge, prove... | |
 | Canada - 1874 - 1416 σελίδες
...the same person : 2 Taylor on Ev. par. 1667. PARTY, HOW TO DISCREDIT HIS OWN WITNESS. Sec. 68. — A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but in case the witness in the opinion of the Court, proves adverse,... | |
 | 1896 - 542 σελίδες
...fully settled until the passage of the English statute on the subject.22 This statute provides that "a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general e?idence of bad character, but he may in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge... | |
 | Canada, Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau - 1875 - 626 σελίδες
...the same person : 2 Taylor on Ev. par, 1667. PARTY, HOW TO DISCREDIT HIS OWN WITNESS. Sec. 68. — A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but in case the witness in the opinion of the Court, proves adverse,... | |
 | California - 1876 - 888 σελίδες
...a direct examination. NYCCP § 1844 ; Or. CCP 6 827. $ rioii). The party producing a witness is not allowed to impeach his credit by evidence of bad character, but he may con tradict him by other evidence, and may also show that he has made at other times statements inconsistent... | |
 | Samuel Prentice - 1877 - 358 σελίδες
...indicted, tried, and convicted for perjury as if he had taken an oath." By CLP Act, 1854, s. 22, " a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character ; but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge... | |
 | New Brunswick, Charles Nelson Skinner, Frederic E. Barker, Edward L. Wetmore - 1877 - 1210 σελίδες
...shall be of the same force and effect as if such person had taken an oath in the usual form. 19. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the Judge... | |
 | John Mounteney Lely, William Decimus Inglett Foulkes - 1877 - 700 σελίδες
...extend to affirmations under the Evidence Amendment Act, 1S69. Impeaching credit of witnoss. 22. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but ho may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge... | |
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A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the judge,... 
