Gaither v. State

As a predicate for the introduction of the testimony of one Ola Strong, a witness, who had testified in behalf of the state when this defendant was on trial for the offense here charged in the county court of Clay county, the. state offered Howard Strong, who testified that he had not heard from the said Ola lately, i. e., for four or five weeks, but that six or seven weeks before trial he had received a letter from Ola, at which.time she was in Detroit, Mich. Without other proof as to the whereabouts of Ola Strong, the state, over objection and exception, was allowed to make proof of her…