Jeffrey v. Schlasinger

OPINION OF THE COURT. This is a case brought here by [Jesse Jeffrey, on] appeal, and the following errors are assigned: 1. “The appellees [Schlasinger and Gillett] offered in evidence their original book of entries, having previously proved they were regular merchants and kept a correct book of entries as such, and that the book was in their handwriting, and the court permitted the book to be read in evidence to the jury.” We cannot but look upon a proceeding of this character as fraught with the most dangerous consequences, and as tending to encourage fraud and imposition, in the highest…