Rosen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Theodore S. Rosen and Abraham Wagner were convicted of tam- • pering with the United States mail, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
On the trial of Rosen and Wagner, indicted for tampering with the United States mail, a witness named Broder was called by the government. Ríe was jointly indicted with Rosen and Wagner an4 pleaded guilty. The record of his conviction in the General Sessions of New York of the crime of forgery in the second degree was offered in evidence. Objection was taken by defendants to Broder’s competency as a witness but it was overruled. Was Broder a competent witness? He was at the time of his trial about 18 years of age and was sent to the Elmira Reformatory. No time limit was…
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