 | Seymour Frederick Harris, Frederic Philip Tomlinson - 1881 - 678 páginas
...4 IB. ter, he may, in case the witness, in the opinion of the judge, proves adverse (ie, hostile), contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the judge, prove that at other times he has made a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned... | |
 | George Colwell Oke - 1881 - 922 páginas
...the 28 Viet. c. 18, s. 3, which ^^J^6 (by sect. 1) does so apply, provides that — by party pro' ' A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his c "^ credit by general evidence of bad character, but ho may, in case tho e 3 c' ' •witness shall,... | |
 | Frederick James Smith - 1882 - 730 páginas
...™3P sec. 22, which set at rest a question which had for many wjtn years agitated Westminster Hall. " A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...credit by general evidence of bad character, but he m.iy, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other... | |
 | Samuel Prentice - 1882 - 402 páginas
...is so where his character is only impeached on cross-examination. By the 28 & 29 Viet. c. 18, s. 3, a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his character by general evidence of bad character, but ho may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion... | |
 | Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - 1883 - 746 páginas
...party producing a witness is not (even though in the opinion of the judge he shall prove to be adverse) allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character ; but he may in such case contradict him by other evidence ; or, by leave of the judge, he may prove, that he has made,... | |
 | 1894 - 1266 páginas
...Collier, 15 QB 878.) By statute in England and in many of the states it has been provided that a party may, In case the witness shall. In the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, by leave of the judge, show that he has made at other times statements inconsistent with his present... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1883 - 706 páginas
...abrogated in Massachusetts by an act taken almost verbatim from the English statute, omitting the words, " in case the witness shall in the opinion of the Judge prove adverse," and the limitation of the right to prove inconsistent statements by " leave of the Judge " only. We... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1884 - 834 páginas
...FneMander\. London Assnr. Co., 4 B. & Ail. 193. And now it is provided by the CLP Act, 1854, s. 22, that " a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...of bad character, but he may, in case the witness ehall, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverso, contradict him by other evidence or, by leave of... | |
 | 1918 - 1214 páginas
...general evidence of bad moral character not restricted to his reputation for truth and veraci ty ; but a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad moral character, but in case the witness, in the opinion of the judge, proves adverse, such party may... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1894 - 782 páginas
...Collier, 15 QB 878. By statute in England and in many of the States, it has been provided that a party may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, by leave of the judge, show that he has made at other times statements inconsistent with his present... | |
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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,... 
