State v. . Harris

The exceptions taken by the defendant, eliminating those which are formal, relate to an incident which occurred during the trial. A witness for the State testified on the cross-examination that she had reported the defendant’s conduct to the chief of police at the request of the girl’s mother. The inference was that the request had been communicated to the witness by letter. In arguing the case to the jury the defendant’s counsel referred to the fact that no letter had been introduced and that no explanation of its absence had been made. The court took a recess until the next morning, and…