Root v. Sturdivant

Reed, J".

I. Defendant was prosecuted criminally for the assault and battery charged in the petition. He pleaded i. assault acttonaíorry! evidence!. explanation^' guilty, and judgment imposing a fine was entered against him. On the trial of this cause in the district court plaintiff offered in evidence the records of defendant’s plea in the criminal case. Defendant objected to the introduction of the record on the ground of irrelevancy and in competency; and on the cross-examination of the justice of the peace, who was sworn for the purpose of identifying the record, he sought to prove an *57g^pla…