Jones v. State

Beid, Chief Justice.

One of the grounds of the motion for new trial complains that the judge, in connection with his charge to the jury on the manner of impeaching a witness (Code, §§ 38-1802, 38-1803), erroneously charged that when a witness was “thus impeached” or “sought to be impeached,” that is, in the present case, “by disproving the facts testified to by him or by proof of contradictory statements previously made by him of matters relevant to his testimony and to the case, . . he may be sustained by proof of general good character, the effect of the evidence to be determined by the…