Case Name: James C. Sharp v. The State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1865-12
Citations: 16 Ohio St. 218
Docket Number: 
Parties: *James C. Sharp v. The State of Ohio.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 16
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
*James C. Sharp v. The State of Ohio.
Writ of error to the common pleas of Harrison county.
Estep & Bingham, for the plaintiff in error.
W. H. West, attorney-general, for the state.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Without passing on other points in the case, the judgment must be reversed on the ground that the court below erred in charging the jury that " if the general character of a witness for truth is successfully impeached, you are bound to disregard.! the whole of his testimony."
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.