Sischo v. United States

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of importing opium prepared for smoking into the United States, and also of the crime of buying, receiving, and concealing the same opium after such importation. He offered himself as a witness in his own behalf, and was asked upon cross-examination whether he had ever been convicted of a crime. He answered that he had been convicted of a crime in the same court before a different judge. He was then asked if the conviction was for the same offense, but an objection to the question was sustained. No further testimony was…