Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1837-05-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 5 Cranch 309 · 5 D.C. 309
Opinion
The Court interposed, and said that this Court, after argument, had lately decided, in Washington, that a witness should not, in cross-examination, be asked a question as to any fact, tending to disgrace him, which the party would not be permitted to prove aliunde. Verdict, not guilty.