 A person charged 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 he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that...  The Atlantic Reporter - Page 1041921Full view - About this book
 | 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...question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...than the one wherewith he shall . then be charged, or tending to show that he has been of bad character or reputation, unless: One, he shall have at such... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1898 - 1026 pages
...would be allowed to be cross-examined in that case. The Bill states that a prisoner giving evidence shall not be required to answer any question tending to show that he is of bad character unless he has asked questions of the witnesses for the prosecution with a view... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1895 - 594 pages
...criminate him as to the offence charged ; (d.) A person called as a witness in pursuance of this section shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that any person charged 10 has committed or been convicted of any offence other than that wherewith he is... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1896 - 600 pages
...criminate him as to the offence charged ; (d.) A person called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to 20 answer, any question tending to show that any person charged has committed or been convicted of... | |
 | Arthur Reginald Butterworth - 1898 - 142 pages
...as to the off ence charged 5 : (/) A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required...question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of... | |
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