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An accused person as a competent witness

Condition to be satisfied for a court to properly accredit a witness

Duty of a witness

Effect of a witness remaining in court and not out of court and out of hearing when evidence was being taken

Effect of evidence given against the interest of the party calling the witness

Effect of failure of the court to warn itself before admitting the evidence of a witness where necessary

Effect of witnesses giving evidence on the same matter to the exact minutest details

Extent of the duty of the prosecution to call witnesses

Guidelines to be applied by trial courts in the exercise of its discretion to recall a witness

Need to confront a witness with the oral or documentary evidence intended to discredit him

Position of the law on a witness who who reneges under cross-examination from evidence he has earlier given, or contradicts himself by falsifying his earlier evidence

Position of the law on the number of witnesses required to prove a case

Position of the law on who may testify as a witness on behalf of a company

Position of the law where one witness called by the prosecution in a criminal case contradicts another prosecution witness on a material point

Position of the law where the evidence on oath of a witness is contradictory to a previous statement made by him

The principle that proof of an offence does not depend on the quantity of witnesses, but on the quality

The rule that, in civil cases, all persons are competent and compellable witnesses

The rule that witnesses testifying in a court are required to take the oath or make an affirmation

Ways in which the credit of a witness may be impeached

When a witness would be treated as unreliable

When the testimony of a witness will be credible

Whether a court can accept part of a witness evidence and reject other parts

Whether a deponent of an affidavit is a witness in the matter

Whether a party is a compellable witness for his opponent

Whether a person in whose name a subpoena ad testificandum has been issued and served is a compellable witness

Whether a person not listed in the list of witnesses can be called to testify in a criminal trial

Whether a stranger to a family can give evidence in a land matter

Whether a witness called to tender a document needs to be sworn

Whether a witness can be both truthful and deceptive

Whether a witness can be called a nominal witness

Whether a witness can be contradicted with a statement after he has left the witness box

Whether a witness in a civil case must be subpoened before he qualifies as a truthful witness

Whether a witness is to concern himself with the merits of the case in which he is called on to give evidence

Whether a witness who has given inconsistent evidence of a material fact can be regarded as a witness of truth

Whether a witness who says something in court different from what is contained in his statement to the police should be cross-examined

Whether boundary men should be treated like any other witness called by a party in a case

Whether discrediting a witness arises where there has been no proof of essential element of an alleged offence

Whether inaccuracies in the evidence of a witness will avail an accused

Whether it is the duty of the Court to pick and choose which witness to believe

Whether mere failure of a witness to report to the police a person who designs to commit an offence makes his testimony unworthy of credit

Whether one witness is sufficient to prove a case

Whether the accused is at liberty to call a witness not called by the prosecution

Whether the complainant must be called as a witness in a criminal case

Whether the court can compel a witness to testify

Whether the court can disbelieve a witness

Whether the court can dispense with the appearance of a witness called just to tender a document

Whether the court can provide an explanation where there is inconsistency in the testimony of two witnesses

Whether the court can rely on the evidence of a witness which supports the case of the opposition

Whether the court is entitled to tell counsel what witnesses to call in a civil matter

Whether the evidence of a sole witness is sufficient to ground a conviction

Whether the evidence of a witness can be believed or accepted in one part and disbelieved in another

Whether the evidence of a witness not treated as an hostile witness can be treated as an admission against the party who called him

Whether the evidence of witnesses will be discredited because they are petty heads of little communities

Whether the failure to call an attesting police officer as witness is fatal to the case of the prosecution

Whether the high court is incompetent to take evidence by commission of a witness

Whether the malicious intent of a witness is a good defence

Whether the mere fact that a witness is an accused person's enemy will render the evidence unreliable

Whether the prosecution can pick and choose which of his witnesses he is relying on

Whether the prosecution is bound to call every witness

Whether the prosecution is under a duty to call a particular witness

Whether the prosecution needs to call a host of witnesses

Whether the trial court can believe one witness and disbelieve another witness

Whether witnesses are expected to give a uniform account

Who is a witness in a criminal case?

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