State v. Loughlin
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Attachment for Contempt, for violation of an injunction against a liquor nuisance. At the trial James E. French was called as a witness by the government, and testified that he was collector of internal revenue for the district of New Hampshire, and had been summoned to produce certain records or memoranda kept in his office, and that, under instructions from the commissioner of internal revenue, he declined to produce them or to furnish copies.
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Attachment for Contempt, for violation of an injunction against a liquor nuisance. At the trial James E. French was called as a witness by the government, and testified that he was collector of internal revenue for the district of New Hampshire, and had been summoned to produce certain records or memoranda kept in his office, and that, under instructions from the commissioner of internal revenue, he declined to produce them or to furnish copies. He testified that a record was required to be kept in his office containing an alphabetical list of persons paying special revenue taxes, which is…
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
It is a general principle, that whenever documents or books of a public nature 'would of themselves be evidence if produced, their contents may be proved by immediate copies, duly verified (Forsaith v. Clark, 21 N. H. 409, 419) ; and when the proof may be by a copy, an examined copy, duly made and sworn to by any competent witness, or a copy certified by the officer having legal custody of the book or document, is alike admissible. Whitehouse v. Bickford, 29 N. H. 471; State v. Lynde, 77 Me. 561; 1 Gr. Ev., s. 485; Best Ev. (Morgan’s ed.) ss. 485, 486 ; 1 Stark. Ev. (3d ed.) 226; Abb. Tr. Ev.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. LyndeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1885
3Cited by2 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Thorndike v. CollinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1895
- Brien v. WileySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1984