Green v. Town of Woodbury
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for injury to the wife upon a-highway. September Term, 1874, Redfield, J., presiding. On trial it was shown that the constable of defendant town was engaged in behalf of defendant to summon some of defendant’s witnesses, and to assist in the defence ; and the plaintiffs offered to prove that said constable offered to a witness of the plaintiffs certain inducements to keep away from the trial, and not appear as a witness for the plaintiffs.
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Case for injury to the wife upon a-highway. September Term, 1874, Redfield, J., presiding. On trial it was shown that the constable of defendant town was engaged in behalf of defendant to summon some of defendant’s witnesses, and to assist in the defence ; and the plaintiffs offered to prove that said constable offered to a witness of the plaintiffs certain inducements to keep away from the trial, and not appear as a witness for the plaintiffs. Upon the objection of the defendant, the court excluded said proof; to which the plaintiffs excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
*6The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The only exception reserved relates to the exclusion of the testimony offered in regard to the constable of the defendant having offered certain inducements to one of the plaintiffs’ witnesses to keep away from the trial, and not to appear as a witness for the plaintiffs. The constable was employed by the town to summon some of its witnesses, and to assist in the defence. His employment to summon witnesses for the defendant did not authorize him to try to keep the plaintiffs’ witnesses away from the trial. His engagement to assist in the…
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