Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1837-05-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 26 F. Cas. 406 · 5 Cranch, C. 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.”