 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 prove...  Compendious Abstract of Public General Acts - Page 86by Great Britain - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Canada - Session laws - 1856 - 620 pages
....L -ii ° own witness. prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or by leave (1354, a.'22.y of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times...statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but b«fore such last mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient... | |
 | Law - 1854 - 532 pages
...kingdom are or may be enacted or provided against persons convicted of wilful or corrupt perjury ; s. 19A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...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 made... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Kerr - Procedure (Law) - 1854 - 270 pages
...under this new law, combined with the old practice, contradict or impeach the credit of his witness. " A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad cha- Umefara racter." This provision, not interfering with the previous law, but being only in restraint... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 566 pages
...kingdom are or may be enacted or provided against persons convicted of »Ufa! and corrupt perjury. 22. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of thejdje, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, bj late of the judge, prove that he has... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 552 pages
...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...impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, bat he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the judge, prove adverse, contradict him by... | |
 | Cornwall (England : County). Stannaries - Civil procedure - 1856 - 326 pages
...declaration shall be of the same force and effect as if such person had taken an oath in the usual form. 80. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate... | |
 | Edmund Powell - Evidence - 1856 - 374 pages
...who has proved unexpectedly adverse to the party who calls him : — The 2nd section enacts, that " a party producing a witness shall, not be allowed...other times a statement inconsistent with his present • Dae d. Church v. Perkins, 3 TR 749. testimony ; but, before such last-mentioned proof can be given,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1856 - 672 pages
...convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury:" And 10 by the Twenty-second Section thereof it is enacted, that " a " Party producing a Witness shall not be allowed...adverse, contradict him by other Evidence, or, by Leave 15 " of the Judge, prove that he has made at other Times a Statement " inconsistent with his present... | |
 | Great Britain - 1856 - 850 pages
...Kingdom are or may be enacted or provided against Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury. XXV. A Party producing a Witness shall not be allowed to...Credit by general Evidence of bad Character, but he niiiy, in case the Witness shall in the Opinion of the Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other... | |
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