 | John Thompson (Barrister-at-law) - 1854 - 214 sidor
...kingdom are or may be enacted or provided against persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury. 22. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...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... | |
 | 1854 - 532 sidor
...kingdom are or may be enacted or provided against persons convicted of wilful or corrupt perjury; s. 19. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has... | |
 | Henry Thurstan Holland, Thomas Chandler, Charles Edward Pollock - 1854 - 380 sidor
...credit by general evidence discredit his of bad character, but he may, in case the witness r shall in the opinion of the Judge prove adverse, contradict...or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof... | |
 | 1854 - 408 sidor
...worked unjustly, and accordingly it is wisely provided that whilst a party producing a witness is not to be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, he may, if the witness, in the opinion of the judge, proves adverse, contradict him by other evidence,... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Kerr - 1854 - 270 sidor
...statements. The Legislature has acted on this opinion. While, then, a party producing a witness is not to be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, he may, if the witness in the opinion of the judge proves adverse, contradict him by other evidence,... | |
 | 1855 - 528 sidor
...business. Holt and Eddis, in support, referred to the 17 & 18 Viet. c. 125, s. 22, which enacts, that " a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the Judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence j or, by leave... | |
 | Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Henry Robert Vaughan Johnson - 1855 - 832 sidor
...because no new witness can then be called. • •^•^ acter, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the Judge prove adverse, contradict...or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but, before such last-mentioned proof... | |
 | Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Henry Robert Vaughan Johnson - 1855 - 818 sidor
...of bad char- m ^ ^to the relevancy or 1854. Argument. acter, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the Judge prove adverse, contradict...or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but, before such last-mentioned proof... | |
 | William Francis Finlason - 1855 - 668 sidor
...and letter: held, that the son and shopman, who had already been examined for the plain witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict...or, by leave of the judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony (a) ; but before such last-mentioned... | |
 | 1855 - 566 sidor
...kingdom ire or may be enacted or provided against persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury. 22. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, bit he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, contradict him by... | |
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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, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence; or, by leave of the judge, prove... 
