Ammathayarammal vs The Official Assignee on 3 March, 1932
474 at 484 and moreover in Praphulla Kumar Sarkar v. Emperor (1931) I.L.R. 58 Cal. 1404 at 1427 (F.B.). Rankin, C. J., expressed the opinion that Lord Campbell's words should not be understood as meaning that the cross-examination of a witness as adverse must always destroy the general credit of the witness.