Brady v. Taber

The first question arises upon the admissibility of the justice’s docket to prove the judgment against the defendant below, this being objected to on the ground that it was irrelevant and incompetent, because the entries therein did not show a' valid judgment.

The docket shows that the parties appeared and joined issue before the justice on the 2d day of October, I860, and that the defendant asked an adjournment until the 9th of October, which was granted. It then proceeds as follows :

“ October 9th'. — Parties appeared and proceeded to trial of the cause; witnesses sworn for the plaintiff,…