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" The test of whether a fact inquired of on cross-examination is collateral, is this: Would the cross-examining party be entitled to prove it as a part of his case tending to establish his plea? "
Cases Determined in the St. Louis and the Kansas City Courts of Appeals of ... - Page 351
by Missouri. Courts of Appeals - 1889
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 87-88

1898 - 2046 pages
...as man and wife and occupied the same room six months later was entirely collateral to this issue. "When a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue, his answer cannot be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question." Whart. Cr. Ev. §...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 20

1884 - 1088 pages
...Filed August 20, 1884. 1. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE— CROSS-EXAMINATION OF WITNESS — CONTRADICTION. When a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue, lie cannot, as to iiis answer, be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question. 2. SAME...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 104

Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1886 - 696 pages
...In order to avoid an interminable multiplication of issues, it is a settled rule of practice, that when a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue, he can not, as to his answer, be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question." , The ruling...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 98

1917 - 1184 pages
...McArthur v. State, 59 Ark.- 431, 435, 436, 27 SW 628, 629, the court said: "The general rule is that when a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue, his answer cannot be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question: but this limitation...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 11

1889 - 1288 pages
...thatquestion in the negative, thac would bean end of the investigation, under the well-established rule that "when a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue his ans wer cannot bo subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question." Whart. Crirn. Ev....
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Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 103

Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1913 - 690 pages
...of practice that when a witness is cross examined on a matter collateral to the issue, he can not, as to his answer, be subsequently contradicted by...question. The test of whether a fact inquired of in cross examination is collateral is this: "Would the cross examining party be entitled to prove it as...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 112

Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1888 - 680 pages
...is, that when a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issues, his answer can not be subsequently contradicted by the party putting...the question. The test of whether a fact inquired of on cross-examination is collateral, it has been said, is this: Would the crostcxamining party be entitled...
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Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 87

Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1909 - 698 pages
...influenced him to disinherit appellee. So the above testimony falls under the ban of the general rule that "when a witness is cross-examined on a matter collateral to the issue, he cannot be subsequently contradicted by the party asking the question." McArthur v. State, 59 Ark. 435 ; Plnnkett...
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Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 99

Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1912 - 708 pages
...specific acts affecting his credibility, yet if such matters are collateral to the issue, he can not, as to his answer, be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question. (Page 616.) 3. APPEAL AND ERROR — PREJUDICIAL ERROR. — Where the State, to impeach a witness for...
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Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 101

Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1912 - 666 pages
...IMPEACHMENT. — When a witness is cross examined as to a matter collateral to the issue, he can not, as to his answer, be subsequently contradicted by the party putting the question. (Page 153.) 3. TRIAL — IMPROPER ARGUMENT. — In a prosecution for murder it was error to permit...
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