Denman's (Mr.) Act, 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18 (the Criminal Procedure Act, 1865,), allowing counsel to sum up the evidence where the prisoner is defended by counsel, proof to be given of contradictory statements of adverse witness, and of previous conviction of witness, and comparison to be made of disputed handwriting. The Act, which adapted to criminal trials parts of the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, applies to civil proceedings in all courts, and the adapted parts of the Act of 1854 have been repealed in the course of Statute Law Revision.
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