Halsey v. . Sinsebaugh

Upon the trial of this cause, an attempt having been made to impeach one of the defendant's witnesses by showing that he had sworn differently upon a former trial of the cause, the defendant, for the purpose of sustaining the witness, called one of the counsel engaged in the former trial, who testified that he was present at the first trial, and took notes of the testimony, and that he had no doubt of the correctness of his notes, which he produced. The plaintiff's counsel then objected to his stating what the witness had said, unless he recollected the testimony independently of his minutes;…