Morgan v. Frees
New York Supreme Court
This- was a motion by the defendant for a new trial,, upon a bill of exceptions. The legal question presented by the bill of exceptions, and the manner in which it arose, appears from the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Mason, J.
The only question deserving consideration presented by this bill of exceptions is the ruling of the judge as found in folios 48 and 49, of the bill of exceptions. Benjamin S. Miller, who was the principal witness for the plain*353¿iff, was asked, on his cross-examination, by the counsel for the" defendant, whether he did not tell Webster that the son of the defendant Frees would be present at the trial, without any one to sustain him, and that if he, Webster would impeach him he should be well paid for it. Miller denied that he had so told Webster. The defendant afterwards…
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