Graham v. State

1. There was no error in the following charge: “A witness may be impeached, by disproving the facts testified td by him, or by proof of contradictory statements previously made by him of matters relevant to his testimony and to the case, or by proof of general bad character. When thus impeached, or sought to be, in either of the latter instances, he may be sustained by proof of general good character, the effect of the evidence to be determined by the jury.” (Italics ours.) The phrase “in either of the latter instances” excludes the first method of impeachment,—by disproving the facts…