Disch v. Closset

Exceptions I and II are based on the admission, over the objection of defendant, of testimony of a witness to tbe effect that plaintiff’s wife in May, 1922, stated that she was the wife of the defendant. It was admitted by the court as evidence of the attitude of plaintiff’s wife, and was limited to that purpose by the court. A letter written by plaintiff’s wife to him in December, 1921, was admitted over objection for the same purpose. At the time the testimony was received the judge explained to the jury that it must not be considered as evidence tending to prove the defendant guilty, but…