 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,...  The Practice of the Law of Evidence - Sida 405efter Edmund Powell - 1856 - 427 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Henry Humphreys - 1890 - 952 sidor
...of reply, and practice and course of proceedings, save as hereby altered, shall be as at present. 3. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his How far credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the J2'd™ *"** witness shall,... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1892 - 836 sidor
...Courts of Common Law of t he Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham. [12th August, 1854.] XXII. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case tho witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or,... | |
 | Sidney Lovell Phipson - 1892 - 530 sidor
...a witness is supposed to represent him to the Court as worthy of credit, it has been provided that a " party producing a witness shall not be allowed...impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character (ante, pp. 87-88) ; but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse,... | |
 | 1902 - 812 sidor
...the witness. * * * 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... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1893 - 682 sidor
...which was rejected by the court. This is relied upon as error. Section 507, RS 1881, provides that "The party producing a witness shall 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... | |
 | Canada - 1894 - 1076 sidor
...otherwise of the writing in dispute. ESC, c. 174, s. 233. 699. Discrediting a party's own witness. — A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...his credit by general evidence of bad character, but if the witness, in the opinfon of the court, proves adverse, such party may contradict him by other... | |
 | Ceylon. Supreme Court - 1894 - 384 sidor
...adversary. The act 17 and 18 Vict. C. 125, section 22 provides "that a party producing a witness ...... may in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove "adverse," that is, hostile, as contradistinguished from being merely unfavourable, contradict by other evidence."... | |
 | Indiana, Harrison Burns - 1894 - 1050 sidor
...Pratt v. State, 56 Ind. 179. 515. (507.) Party producing not to impeach — Exception. — 285. The party producing a witness shall 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... | |
 | Sir Andrew Reed - 1895 - 528 sidor
...permitted, with certain exceptions, to express their own belief or opinion. A-party producing a witness will not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence...may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the ] Court prove adverse (that is " hostile " as contradistinguished from being merely " unfavourable... | |
 | India, Tarapada Banerji - 1896 - 738 sidor
...L K. 17 Cal. 344. When a party may discredit his own witness.— According to the Law of England, " a party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...shall, in the opinion of the Judge, prove adverse, that is, hostile, as contra-distinguished from being merely unfavourable, contradict him by other evidence,... | |
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