State v. Adams

Citations

• 49 S.C. 414
• 27 S.E. 451
• 1897 S.C. LEXIS 166

Syllabus

<p>1. Witness — Contradiction—Practice—Evidence.—A witness cannot be contradicted by direct testimony on an irrelevant or merely collateral matter.</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Ibid.—Ibid.—Ibid.—One defendant may introduce testimony to contradict bis codefendant, who swears against bim.</p> <p>3. Ereor — Circuit Judge.- — It is harmless error for a Circuit Judge to give a faulty reason for a proposition, when he also gives a good one.</p>