State v. Long

The material facts appear in the charge of the court.

[1] Long, the accused, was asked the following question in cross-examination:

“I will ask you whether you did not state at the coroner’s inquest, under oath, after first being warned that any evidence you might give would be used against you, in substance as follows: ‘Before X got to the top of the Mil I was making about twenty or twenty-five miles per hour. ’ ”

Objection was made to the use of any evidence at the coroner’s inquest for the purpose of contradiction, or for any other purpose. Rev. Code 1915, § 1350.

Pennewill, C. J.:

The court…