Jackson v. State

Citations

• 75 Miss. 145

Syllabus

<p>1. Witsbss. Impeachment. Conviction of crime. Code 1892, 1746.</p> <p>It is competent, under code 1892, § 1746, to ask a witness, on cross-examination, if lie had not confessed to having- been a convict in the penitentiary, and his answer may be contradicted.</p> <p>2. Same. Conviction of crime. How proved.</p> <p>The record of conviction of crime has to be produced only where it is proposed to show that the witness has been convicted, but if the witness is asked concerning his conviction for the purpose of contradicting him by his own confessions, the inquiry is competent without the production of the record.</p>