State v. Bennett

The accused in this case testified in his own behalf. Thereafter the court charged the jury in part as follows: “In weighing the testimony that . . . [the defendant] has given you, you should apply the same principles by which the testimony of other witnesses are tested, and that necessarily involves a consideration of any interest that he might have in the case. You will consider the importance to him of the outcome of this trial and his motive on that account for perhaps telling the truth. An accused person having once taken the witness stand . . . must have his testimony measured in the…