 | John Wade - 1871 - 946 sidor
...apply to all courts of judicature and parties authorized. By s. 3, a party producing a witness alloweil to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character,...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1871 - 620 sidor
...allowed to discredit his own witness, as was sought to be done on this occasion. That section enacts: "A party producing a witness shall not be allowed...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... | |
 | Robert Alexander Fisher - 1871 - 722 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | Edmund Robert Daniell, Thomas Emerson Headlam, Leonard Field - 1871 - 962 sidor
...the genuineness, or otherwise, of the •writing in dispute. 1 A party producing a witness may not impeach his credit by 'general evidence of bad character...may, in case the witness in the opinion of the Judge proves adverse, 6 contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made... | |
 | Nova Scotia - 1873 - 1020 sidor
...compellable to disclose any communication made to her by her husband during the marriage. Party producing 46. 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... | |
 | Nova Scotia - 1873 - 1074 sidor
...p»rty producing 46. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed Sveeridence'of to impeach hia 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... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1874 - 726 sidor
...fact, though of the most delicate nature, and communicated to him in the strictest confidence (Ji). A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...general evidence of bad character; but he may, in case his witness, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence; or, by leave... | |
 | Henry Bowles Franklyn - 1874 - 166 sidor
...issue are allowed to be asked. Discrediting of one's own Witnesses. A party producing a witness is not allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character; but if the witness, in the opinion of the court, prove hostile in the strict sense of the word, he may... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 sidor
...the following statutory regulations have been promulgated :— 1. The party producing a witness will not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence...by leave of the judge, prove that he has made * at other times a state- r * ,..„ -, ment inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such lastmentioned... | |
 | Canada, Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau - 1875 - 626 sidor
...by 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...his credit by general evidence of bad character, but in case the witness in the opinion of the Court, proves adverse, such party may contradict him by other... | |
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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... 
