 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1856 - 532 pages
...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...given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he roust be... | |
 | Canada - Session laws - 1856 - 620 pages
...not be allowed to H,,W far a impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but pany may he may in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the Judge, l)'s''rc(lft "IS i i. ^ i • i .L -ii ° own witness. prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence,... | |
 | Law - 1854 - 836 pages
...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...given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked... | |
 | Henry Thurstan Holland, Thomas Chandler, Charles Edward Pollock - Common law - 1854 - 380 pages
...not be How far a allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence discredit his of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion...given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked... | |
 | John Thompson (Barrister-at-law) - 1854 - 214 pages
...not be (UscreSfhis allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence own witness. Of ba(j character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion...given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked... | |
 | Law - 1854 - 1060 pages
...such document may be made a be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion...testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be g'ven> ^e circumstances of the supposed statement, sulficient to designate the particular occasion... | |
 | Law - 1854 - 532 pages
...allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or,...given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Kerr - Procedure (Law) - 1854 - 270 pages
...to call an adverse witness, he may contradict that witness as to facts. But what a party may do, " in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse," is : — I. " To contradict him 6// other ecidcncc ;" that is to sav, to prove by other witnesses or... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 552 pages
...producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, bat he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion...inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last- mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate... | |
 | William Francis Finlason - Civil procedure - 1855 - 668 pages
...invoice and letter : held, that the son and shopman, who had already been examined for the plainwitness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict...statement inconsistent with his present testimony (a) ; but before such last-mentioned tiff, might have been called back to contradict all these statements... | |
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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,... 
