State v. Hause

Exception was taken to testimony of the murdered man’s widow that he usually did about three hundred dollars of business Saturdays at his store and took the money home with him on closing at night. The murder was committed on a Saturday night and, according to the state’s theory, in the course of robbery. This madé the evidence relevant as explanatory of the reason the crime was perpetrated.

The defendant concedes the competency of evidence of habit or custom to show conduct on a particular occasion, and such competency is now well established. Daley v. Company, 81 N. H. 502, and cases cited.…