State v. Taylor

The following opinion was filed, overruling the motion.

Upton, J.

It is assigned as error that the witness, Mrs. Rolff, was allowed to state a conversation between herself and the defendant, in which she told what was said between herself and one Roberts. In detailing the latter conversation, she declared that she told the defendant that she offered said Roberts a wa.teh, $100, and a ticket to San 'Francisco, if Roberts would leave the State before this trial; and that Roberts refused to accept the offer. The defendant objected that the transaction was criminal, and that there can be no agency…