State v. . Jeffreys

Hearsay evidence is such as does not derive its value solely from the credit given to the witness himself, but rests in part on the veracity and competency of some other person. No rule is more firmly established than that which excludes evidence of this character; but to this, as to most other general rules, there are some exceptions. One of these exceptions relates to marriage. In Morgan v. Purnell, 11 N. C., 95, 97, it is said: “Common reputation in the family is admissible as evidence of a marriage in that family; and it is said that the declarations of an individual of that family are…