Pitts v. Lehmer

The trial in this case resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, whereupon the defendant moved for a new trial, assigning a number of reasons. It is only necessary to consider the sixth, which is, that the court erred in declining to allow the defendant’s counsel to ask the plaintiff while on the witness-stand, on cross-examination, whether he had ever been convicted of any crime; and the seventh, which is, that the court erred in refusing to allow defendant’s counsel to ask a witness for the plaintiff, on cross-examination, whether he had ever been convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary…