Smith v. State

Irving, J.,

delivered the ojumon of the Court.

Upon the trial of this appellant for murder, a witness for the defence w'as asked on cross-examination this question: “State if you have ever been confined in the Balti*26more city jail?” The counsel for the prisoner objected, but the Court overruled the objection, and allowed the question; but the Court instructed the witness that she was not obliged to answer the question. The witness did refuse to answer, and the counsel for the defence excepted because the question was allowed to be put. Whether the Circuit Court was right in so ruling is the sole…