Sawyer v. Brown

This cause presents error from the district court of Garfield county, and while there are more than forty assignments of error, we deem it unnecessary to consider them ,all, for the reason that our examination .of the record convinces us that the case should be reversed upon assignment of error No. 14. Joe Brown, the principal defendant, was upon the witness stand and was being cross-examined by Mr. Ernest . F. Smith, one of the attorneys for plaintiff, and the learned trial judge interrupted the examination, and in the presence of the jury took charge of the witness, and we quote in full the…