McBride v. State

Hnder an indictment charging J. T. McBride with the murder of Joe Bailey, he was found guilty as charged, with a recommendation of life imprisonment. He excepted to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. One of the grounds of the motion is that the court erred in charging the jury as follows: “A witness may be impeached by disproving the facts testified to by him. A witness may be impeached by contradictory state*94ments previously made by Mm as to matters relevant to Ms testimony and to the ease. A witness may be impeached by evidence as to his general bad character. A witness may be…