State v. Slack
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for assault with intent to rob. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1896, Windsor County, Munson, J., presiding. In the cross-examination of Orson Sargent, he was aslced in behalf of the State whether he had not been convicted in the United States Circuit Court for selling liquor without a government license, and replied that he had not, that the matter had been settled up in some other way, but exactly how he did not remember.
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Indictment for assault with intent to rob. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1896, Windsor County, Munson, J., presiding. In the cross-examination of Orson Sargent, he was aslced in behalf of the State whether he had not been convicted in the United States Circuit Court for selling liquor without a government license, and replied that he had not, that the matter had been settled up in some other way, but exactly how he did not remember. There was error in permitting the cross-examination of Sargent as to the transactions in the United States Court. Smith v. Castles, 1 Gray…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, J.
The State, in its opening, called Orson Sargent as a witness, to prove flight: The prisoners called him in defense, to prove innocence. On cross-examination, to impeach him, the State was allowed to ask him if he was not convicted in the United.States Circuit Court for selling liquor without a license, and he said he was not, that he settled it, but could not tell just how it was done. The State was also allowed, for the same purpose, to introduce a copy of the record of his conviction in 1883 for selling liquor contrary to law, and to prove by him that he was the person convicted.
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