Gables v. State

Citations

• 99 Miss. 217
• 54 So. 833

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Witnesses. Impeachment. Contradictory statements. Instructions.</p> <p>Where a witness for the state testified that he saw the accused commit the offense charged and denied on cross-examination that he had told another that whoever said witness knew who committed the offense falsified, it was error not to allow accused to show that witness had so stated, although witness admitted saying that he did not know anything about the offense.</p> <p>2. Instructions. Credibility of witness.</p> <p>An instruction for the state is erroneous which charges the jury that “They are the sole judges of the evidence in the case and may believe one witness and disbelieve another on the ground of relationship of the witness to the defendant, or for any other reason satisfactory to the jury.</p>