State v. Manley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for incest. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1909, Windsor County, Hall, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty; and judgment thereon. It is a fair inference from the letter in question that the respondent was seeking to induce his son to swear falsely to secure acquittal in this case, and evidence of a fabricated defence is always admissible. State v. Ward, 61 Yt. 153; State v. Manning, 74 Yt. 449; Rice Orim. Ev., 219, 220; State v. Williams, 27 Yt. 724.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This respondent stands convicted o'f the crime of incest with his daughter, Yera.
1. A half-burned letter, which Mrs. Manley testified was in the respondent’s handwriting, was received in evidence. It appeared from her testimony that she saw her son put a paper in the stove one night at her home in Ludlow, and when she went to the stove the next morning, she found this letter, partly burned. Yarious reasons are now assigned why the letter should have been excluded, but when it was offered 'and received below, the only objection made was that it was not pertinent. So no other ground of…
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