 | New York (State). Commissioners of Statutory Revision - 1900 - 980 pages
...notwithstanding, • competent witness in a civil or criminal action or special proceeding; but the conviction may be proved, for the purpose of affecting...either by the record, or by his cross-examination, on which he must answer any question relevant to that inquiry; and the party cross-examining him is... | |
 | William Henry Silvernail - 1900 - 1204 pages
...convicted of a crime is a competent witness in any cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, but the ~ N\ 4gS 4 * 8 ? NJ 6 1 < % پqu ) dz f w0k v; w%k Q W>- . }In+ }p of a conviction or by his cross-examination. People v. Dorthy, 13 NY Cr. 137; 80 SR 970; 46 S. 970.... | |
 | New York (State), William Henry Silvernail - 1901 - 1212 pages
...convicted of a crime is a competent witness in any cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting...the weight of his testimony, either by the record of a conviction or by his cross-examination. People v. Dorthy, 13 NY Cr. 137; 80 SR 970 ; 46 S. 970.... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1902 - 850 pages
...proved as bearing on credibility. The New York statute is as follows: NY Code Civ. Proc. § 832. "The conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting...record or by his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any question relevant to that inquiry; and the party cross-examining him is not concluded... | |
 | 1902 - 560 pages
...cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of effecting the weight of his testimony, either by the record, or by his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry ; and the parly cross-examining is not concluded... | |
 | New York (State), Amasa Junius Parker, Albert Joseph Danaher - 1903 - 1588 pages
...competent witness in a civil or criminal action or special proceeding; hut the conviction nvM». !>c proved, for the purpose of affecting the weight of...record, or by his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any question, relevant to that inquiry ; and the party cross-examining him is not concluded,... | |
 | New York (State) - 1903 - 1164 pages
...crime is, notwithstanding, a competent witness in any cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of hi» testimony, either by the record, or by his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any proper... | |
 | New York (State) - 1904 - 1624 pages
...is. notwithstanding, a competent witness in a civil or criminal action or special proceeding: but the conviction may be proved, for the purpose of affecting...record, or by his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any question, relevant to that inquiry ; and the party cross-examining him is not concluded,... | |
 | New York (State) - 1904 - 1696 pages
...notwithstanding a competent witness in a civil or er m nal a.— tioii or special proceeding: but the conviction may be proved, for the purpose of affecting the weight of liis testimony, cither I. y the record, or by his crose-cxaminalmn, upon which lie must answer any... | |
 | 1904 - 1070 pages
...of any crime may. notwithstanding, lie a competent witness In any cause of proceeding: but. that the conviction may be proved, for the purpose of affecting the weight of the testimony, either by the record or his cross-examination, upon which he must answer any particu346... | |
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A person who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor is. notwithstanding, a competent witness in a civil or criminal action or special proceeding: but the conviction may be proved, for the purpose of affecting the weight of his testimony... 
