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The Qredit of a witness may be impeached lb. Impeaching the following ways by the adverse party, or; withttlle creditofwit- consent of the Court, by the party who calls him:7;.L' ness. (1.) By th~ evidence ofp~rsons who testify that they, from th~ir knowledge of the witness, believe him to be unworthy of credit; , , (2.) By proof that the witness l;lasbeen bribed, or has had the offer ofa bribe", or has received any other corrupt inducement to give his evidence;, ' . (3.) By proof of former statements inconsistBnt. 'with any part of his evidence which is liable to be contradicted; , . (4.) When a man is prosecuted for rape or an attempt to ravish~ it may be shpwn that the prosecu- trix was of generally' immoral character. . Bxplanation.~A witness declaring another w;itness to be unworthy of credit may not, upon his ex;amina- tion-in-chief, give reasons for his belief, but he may be .asked his reasons in cross-examination, and ,the answers which he gives cannot be contradicted, though, if they are false, he m~y afterwards be charged with giving'ft\.lseevidence. . IZlu8trations.. . (a). A sues B for the price of goods sold and delivered to B. C .s~ysthat he delivered the goods to B. EvideQceis offeredto show that, on a previousoccasion,he said that p,2had not delivered the goods to B. , ---"-- )-- r' ,. /, '-'--. The 6V , ... The evidence.is admissible. , , , . (b,) A i~indicted for the murder of B. . C saysthat B, whe11dying, declaredthat Ahaci given B the wound or which he ~ied. , Evidence u;'offeredto show that, on a previous occasion,C . said that the wound was not given by A or in' his pres"ence. ., , The evidence is admissible. . . ' Questions ~