Compton v. State

Pur Curiam.

It appearing from the record that another witness had already testified substantially to the same effect, without any objection on the part of the defendant to his testimony, the court did not err in submitting to the jury the testimony delivered by an absent witness upon a former trial of the same case, upon the same matters and to the same points as had already been done without objection. Especially is this true since the State had proved the last known whereabouts of the absent witness to be in the State of New York; and in the absence of further evidence it could be presumed…