Jackson v. Jones
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Complaint under R. S., c. 131, Sheplet, C. J., presiding. After the preliminary evidence was introduced, the complainant was offered as a witness to prove the accusation against the respondent. She was objected to on the ground, that she had not remained constant in such accusation.
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Complaint under R. S., c. 131, Sheplet, C. J., presiding. After the preliminary evidence was introduced, the complainant was offered as a witness to prove the accusation against the respondent. She was objected to on the ground, that she had not remained constant in such accusation. Testimony was heard in support of, and opposed to the objection, which is recited in the report, except the cross-examination of one witness, in relation to which the report says, “ on cross-examination, not here recited,’ statements were made by the witness suited to impair the confidence of a tribunal in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCutting, J.
— By R. S., c. 131, § 8, the complainant is made a competent witness, provided it shall first be made to appear to the Judge, that she had previously made her accusation to, and been examined on oath by the magistrate, respecting the person accused, and the time and place, as correctly as could be described, when and where the child was begotten, and such other circumstances as might be deemed useful to the discovery of the truth; and being put upon the discovery of the truth, respecting the same accusation at the time of her travail, shall have thereupon accused the same man with being the…
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