 | Ernest Bowen-Rowlands - 1904 - 484 σελίδες
...exceptional, and this would scarcely be allowed nowadays. RULE 192.— By 28 & 29 Viet. c. 18, s. 3, "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,... | |
 | Nigeria, Northern. Compilations - 1905 - 844 σελίδες
...awaiting examination. How far a party may discredit his own witness. 2. DISCREDITING WITNESSES. 3. The 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 Court... | |
 | Malcolm M. D'Arcy-Irvine - 1905 - 708 σελίδες
...1898, No. 11, but replaced by s. 53 of such Act. EXAMINATION AND CROSS-EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES. 53. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may if the witness in the opinion of the Court proves adverse... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis - 1905 - 1582 σελίδες
...Denman's Act (28 & 29 Viet. c. 18), which, by s. 1, is applied to all courts of criminal judicature), "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 tho judge,... | |
 | 1905 - 1086 σελίδες
...Comraon Law Procedure Act of 1853 (17 & 18 Viet,), section 22, chapter 12 of which provides 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 shall in the opinion of the Judge... | |
 | 1905 - 1008 σελίδες
...By section 507 of the Revised Statutes of Indiana, ed. of 18P8, the party producing a witness phall not be allowed to impeach his credit by evidence of bad character, unless it was indispensable that the party should produce him, or in case of manifest surprise when... | |
 | Canada, James Crankshaw - 1907 - 476 σελίδες
...otherwise of the writing in dispute. (21) Sec. 9. Contradicting a party's own witness when adverse. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but if the witness. in the opinion of the court, proves adverse,... | |
 | Ernest Cockle - 1907 - 248 σελίδες
...Procedure Act, 1854, which in the above case came before the Court for construction, are : — " 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... | |
 | 1908 - 516 σελίδες
...to three years' penal servitude. Dibble appealed. By s. 3 of Denman's Act, 28 & 29 Viet. c. 18, " 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... | |
 | William John Dixon - 1908 - 590 σελίδες
...permissible in exceptional cases. It is in the nature of cross-examination. Hostile witnesses : Ex. — 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,... | |
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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,... 
