Cross-examination scope
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From 39 U.S. 448 - The Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company v. James Stimpson · 1840Most cited · 218 citing opinions
a party has no right to cross-examine any witness except as to facts and circumstances connected with the matters stated in his direct examination. If he wishes to examine him to other matters, he must do so by making the witness his own, and calling him, as such, in the subsequent progress of the cause.