Root v. Hamilton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on a promissory note. Trial, and verdict for the plaintiff, in the superior court, before Bevens, J., who allowed exceptions which are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
At the trial, the defendant testified as a witness in his own behalf. The plaintiff put in the record of the conviction of one John Hamilton for receiving and concealing stolen goods. This was not objected to, and was competent. The defendant, having assumed the privilege of becoming a witness, was subject to impeachment in the same manner as any other witness. Commonwealth v. Bonner, 97 Mass. 587. The plaintiff then asked the defendant, in cross-examination, whether he was the John Hamilton described in said record. The defendant’s counsel objected to the question as incompetent, but the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. BonnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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