 A witness may be impeached by the party against whom he was called, by contradictory evidence or by evidence that his general reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity is bad, but not by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except that it may be shown...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ... - Page 48by Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, Robert Graves Morrow, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky - Civil procedure - 1919 - 1168 pages
...present testimony, or by evidence that his general reputation for untruthfulness or immorality renders him unworthy of belief ; but not by evidence of particular...except that it may be shown by the examination of a witness, or record of a judgment, that he has been convicted of felon v. the examination in chief... | |
 | California - California - 1921 - 844 pages
...contradictory evidence or by evidence that his general reputation for truth, honesty, and Integrity is bad, but not by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except that It may be shown by examination of witness or record of Judgment that he has been convicted of felony. — People v. White,... | |
 | Montana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 764 pages
...contradictory evidence, or by evidence that his general reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity is bad, but not by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except...record of the judgment, that he has been convicted of a felony." "8907. A person convicted of any offense is notwithstanding a competent witness in any cause... | |
 | Panama Canal (Panama) - Law - 1922 - 336 pages
...contradictory evidence, or by evidence that his general reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity is bad, but not by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except...record of the judgment, that he has been convicted of a felony. SEC. 188. A witness may also be impeached by evidence that he has made at other times statements... | |
 | California - Civil procedure - 1923 - 952 pages
...contradictory evidence or by evidence that his general reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity is bad, felony. Enacted March 11, 1872. By cross-examination — Asking as to prior conviction of felony —... | |
 | California - Civil procedure - 1923 - 600 pages
...in the exercise of a sound discretion. general reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity is bad, but not by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except...the witness, or the record of the judgment, that he had been convicted of a felony. 2052. A witness may also be impeached by evidence that he has made,... | |
 | California. District Courts of Appeal - Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 972 pages
...witnesses. Section 2051 of the Code of Civil Proeedure provides that a witness may not be impeached by evidence of particular wrongful acts, except that it may be shown that he had been convicted of felony. The testimony relating to Yee Young's indictment was introduced... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1924 - 1218 pages
...called, by contradictory evidence, or by evidence that his general reputation for truth is bad; or that his moral character is such as to render him...the judgment that he has been convicted of a crime." It is not uncommon to attempt to prove a prior conviction by questioning the witness on the stand,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1924 - 1214 pages
...called, by contradictory evidence, or by evidence that his general reputation for truth is bad; or that his moral character is such as to render him...examination of the witness or the record of the judgment thai he has been convicted of a crime." It is not uncommon to attempt to prove a prior conviction by... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 970 pages
...the fact that the trial court read the section in its entirety, including the portion which provides that it may be shown by the examination of the witness or by the record of a judgment that he has been convicted of a felony, the instruction was accepted by... | |
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