Buchanan v. State

1. Where certain evidence is admitted, but subsequently the judge rules it out, and so informs the jury, and instructs them that they should not consider it in arriving at théir verdict, as a general rule this will not require a new trial.(a) If there are any exceptional cases in which a new trial will be granted where evidence is erroneously admitted and then ruled out, this, in the light of the recitals in the grounds of the motion for new trial and of the judge’s note appended thereto, is not such a case.

2. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict. The female alleged to have…