Blackstone's Statutes on Evidence (Blackstone's Statute Books)
Contributors: Phil Huxley (Editor); M.A. O'Connell (Editor)
Edition: 6Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Blackstone Press
Published: September 25, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781841742144
Subjects: English law: statutes & regulations; English legal system: law of evidence; 21st century
First sentence: 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 that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.