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| Frederick Pollock - 1921 - 774 pages
.... Provided as follows : — " (/) A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required...he is then charged, or is of bad character, unless — . . . (ii) he ... has given evidence of his good character ..." Curtis Bennett EC and Roland Oliver... | |
| 1919 - 740 pages
...Oct. 20. provided as follows ...(,/) A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required...offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, unless . . . (ii.) the nature 'or conduct of the defence is such as to involve imputations on the character... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1884 - 582 pages
...defendant or the wife or husband of a defendant. (J.) A person called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and, if asked, shall not be required to answer, any questions tending to show that any defendant has committed 20 or been convicted of any offence other... | |
| Great Britain, Frederick Mead, Sir Archibald Henry Bodkin (K.C.B.) - 1885 - 146 pages
...proceedings compctent witnesses, contained a proviso to the following effect : "A person called as a witness shall not be asked, and if asked, shall not be required to answer any questions tending to show that any defendant has committed any offence other than that wherewith he... | |
| 1922 - 958 pages
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| 1921 - 954 pages
...cross-examination not being violative of Act March 15, 1911 (PL 20), providing a person charged with crime shall not be required to answer any question tending to show that he has committed, been charged with, or convicted of any offense other than the one wherewith he is charged. 2. Witnesses... | |
| 1919 - 392 pages
...provides "that hereafter any person charged with any crime and called as a witness in his own behalf shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required...question tending to show that he has committed, or been charged with, or been convicted of any offense other than the one wherewith he shall . then be charged,... | |
| 1892 - 1088 pages
...substituted : — A person charged with an offence and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that such person has committed or been convicted of any offence "tiier than that wherewith he is then charged,... | |
| Edmund Powell - 1892 - 836 pages
...criminate him as to the offence charged ; (rf) A person called as a witness in pursuance of this act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that any person charged has committed or been convicted of any offence other than that wherewith he is then... | |
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