State v. . Staton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for burning a barn, tried at January Term, 1894, of Pitt Superior Court, before Bynum, J. There was a judgment against the defendant, imprisoning him in the Penitentiary for five years, from which he appealed. The facts are sufficiently adverted to in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, -J.:
Lt is needless to cite authority to sustain the familiar rule of evidence, that where a witness is impeached either by contradictory testimony, cross-examination or an attack upon his character, his declarations made soon after the transactions to a third person may he stated bjr himself and afterwards shown by such third person in order to corroborate him. State v. Whitfield, 92 N. C., 831; State v. Rowe, 98 N. C., 629.
A witness may be compelled, at the instance of a party who is examining him or cross-examining him, to inspect a writing, which is present in the court, if the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. . GradySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
- State v. . RoweSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- State v. . WhitfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
- State v. . ThomasSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- State v. . ThomasSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
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