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Jones v South Eastern and Chatham Railway: 1918

There is a ‘general rule of evidence that statements may be used against a witness as admissions but that you are not entitled to give evidence of statements on other occasions by the witness in confirmation of the testimony.’

Citations:

[1918] 87 LJKB 775

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Beedles CACD 31-Jul-1996
The defendant appealed against his conviction for sexual assault. The issue was whether a note written by the complainant to her teacher was admissible as evidence of recent complaint to corroborate her statement. Similar allegations had been made . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Evidence

Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.225383

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