Legal Opinion
Fay v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1927No. 5252PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted on four counts, two being for possession of intoxicating liquor at Burley, Idaho, on September 14 and 16, 1926, and the other two, sales at the same place upon each of those days. Erom a judgment on the verdict, he brings error.- Two assignments are argued; one involving the exclusion of evidence, and the other an instruction to the jury.
As bearing upon the credibility of a government witness, counsel for defendant put to him this question; “I will ask you if. it is not a fact that in Brigham City, Utah, * * * you were convicted of a…
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