State v. Sibley

*103SEPARATE OPINION.

Gantt, J.

As stated by my associate, I dissent from so much of the opinion of the court as discredits and overrules State v. Rider, 95 Mo. 486, and State v. Shroyer, 104 Mo. 441.

I do not consider that State v. Grant, 79 Mo. 113, is authority for the distinction made between the impeachment of male and female witnesses. In that case, Sherwood, J., simply said: “Under the rulings in this state a witness may be impeached not only by a general reputation as to veracity, but the inquiry may extend to the general moral character or reputation of the witness. * * * And this ruling…