State v. Ketchen

The exceptions in this case relate solely to claimed irregularities in the conduct of counsel for the state.

The suggestion in the question propounded to a witness called by the defendant, that the defendant had spanked young girls when they were in his store, is objected to upon the ground that there was no evidence of such conduct. The objection is not well founded in fact. The defendant admitted, upon cross-examination, that he had done this. He was the first one to use that term as descriptive of his conduct.

The exception to the argument that the conduct of the complainant’s mother would…