Alexander v. Jameson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. UPON a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Franklin county, the case was thus: An issue was directed between the plaintiffs and defendants in error, by the Orphan’s Court of that county, to try were the heirs of one John Alexander deceased. Upon the trial, the defendants gave in evidence a manuscript book foun(j }n the trunk óf Alexander, after his death; and their counsel proposed, when the jury were about to retire, that they should take this book out with them.
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IN ERROR. UPON a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Franklin county, the case was thus: An issue was directed between the plaintiffs and defendants in error, by the Orphan’s Court of that county, to try were the heirs of one John Alexander deceased. Upon the trial, the defendants gave in evidence a manuscript book foun(j }n the trunk óf Alexander, after his death; and their counsel proposed, when the jury were about to retire, that they should take this book out with them. To this the plaintiffs objected, but the Court overruled the objection, permitted the jury to take out the book, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This was an issue directed by the Orphan’s Court of Franklin county, to try who were the heirs of a certain John Alexander deceased. The defendants gave in evidence a manuscript book found in the trunk of the said Alexander after his death. When the jury were about to retire, the counsel for the plaintiffs objected to their being permitted to carry this book out with them; but the court were of opinion that the jury should have it, to which opinion an exception was taken, on which we are now to decide. It is no longer a question whether the book was legal evidence, but the naked…
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