Jackson ex dem. Boyd v. Lewis
New York Supreme Court
. THIS was an actibn of ejectment, .brought to , recover lot Ho. 94., in the town of Brutus, now Mentz, in the county of Cayuga, in The military tract.
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. THIS was an actibn of ejectment, .brought to , recover lot Ho. 94., in the town of Brutus, now Mentz, in the county of Cayuga, in The military tract. The cause was ti;ied before Mr. Justice Yates, at The last June circuit, in the county of Cayuga. 1 Both parties derived their title from Bevins a Soldier; and the plaintiff produced, a deed from Bevins to Benjamin, Walldce, dated the 2d of March, 1796, which was duly acknowledged on the day of the date, And recorded in the' clerk’s office of "the ^. ■ ' . . „ county m wlncff the land then lay, on the; 21st of April, 1796. He also produced an-…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
1. There can be no doubt, that the evidence offered to impeach the character of Catharine Bassett was inadmissible. It would not be competent to prove, that she was now a public prostitute, and, much less, to inquire whether she was so in her younger days ; the inquiry should, have been as to her character-for truth and veracity. At all events, this should have been the principafand first inquiry; but that was not attempted;' the in-*506as. to- any particulaf immoral conduct, is '-not'admissible . . • ' , • , against a witness. . ...... . - - .…
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