State v. Miles

Citations

• 15 Wash. 534
• 46 P. 1047
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 243

Syllabus

<p>TRIAL — REQUEST FOR WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS — FAILURE OF COURT TO COMPLY — IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS.</p> <p>The giving of a partly written and partly oral charge to the jury is error, where written instructions have been requested; and the fact that a stenographer present in court took down the charge as given by the judge is not a sufficient compliance with the requirements of the statute in that respect.</p> <p>A witness cannot he impeached as to his truth and veracity by the testimony of other witnesses that, from their knowledge of his reputation, they would not believe him under oath.</p>