Dean v. State

Except the fifth, none of the headnotes require elaboration.

The ground of the motion for a new trial dealt with in the fifth headnote assigns error on the following charge of the court: “ If a witness testifying before you has thus been successfully impeached, but if, taking the evidence of such witness together with the facts and circumstances shown by other evidence in the case, you believe her testimony to be true, when thus corroborated, you should believe that evidence notwithstanding the proof of previous contradictory statements, if such proof has been made.” The criticisms on the…