State v. Storrs

Appellant was found guilty of seducing Ruth Garrison. His motions for an instructed verdict and for new trial were denied and judgment of sentence pronounced, from which judgment he has appealed.(1) The first assignment of error is based upon the alleged fact that the court refused to permit appellant’s counsel to interview and consult with the witness Ruth Garrison before or pending the trial of the action. The record shows that, on the day the trial commenced, the appellant moved the court for permission to interview Ruth Garrison, who was one of the chief witnesses in the case, and…