Buchman v. State

— One Hamilton was on trial in the court below, on an indictment charging him with the commission of a rape. On the trial, he put upon the stand as a witness the appellant herein, Dr. Buchman, who testified as follows, upon questions propounded as we suppose, viz.:

*2“ My name is A. A. Duchman; I am a practising physician; I have resided in Fort Wayne for two years; graduated at the College of Medicine and Surgery, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1870, and have practised since that time.

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