Dawson v. State

We shall discuss only the matter referred to in the second headnote. There was an attempt to impeach one of the State’s witnesses by proof of contradictory statements. There was other testimony corroborating him as to the facts concerning which he testified. The court instructed the jury: “One of the modes of impeaching a witness [is] by proof of contradictory statements previously made by him as to matters relevant to his testimony *638and to the case. When a witness is successfully contradicted as to a material matter, his credit as to other matters is for the jury. But if a witness swear…