State v. Fairbanks

The respondent, a married man, and the sheriff of Windsor County, was convicted of the crime of adultery, committed with Irma Stoodley, an unmarried woman, at Warren in Washington County, on July 18, 1926. He has brought the case to this Court on exceptions; and by a petition for a new trial in which he alleges newly discovered evidence.

The first exception briefed is one taken to the exclusion of a question asked by respondent’s counsel during the cross-examination of Irma Stoodley. In order clearly to understand the scope of this exception it is necessary to review a part of the testimony as…