Winn v. State

DAVIDSOH, Judge.

This conviction was for carrying a pistol in violation of the statute.

The court charged the jury, that “a witness may be impeached by showing his general character for truth and veracity, or that he has made other and different statements out of court from those made on the trial. The object of this class of evidence is not to prove what the witness says on the trial is untrue, but to show his unworthiness of belief, and it goes to you like all other evidence, to be considered by you in arriving at a verdict.” An exception was duly reserved to this charge. Why is it proposed…