Tucker v. Tucker

The master reported that the charge of adultery was not proved. The proof of guilt was the record of conviction of the defendant and co-respondent, in the Essex special sessions, on a joint allegation of adultery; the defendant's conviction was after trial; the co-respondent's, on his plea of guilty. They were sentenced to a term in jail.

It is the rule that a conviction in a criminal prosecution is not admissible in evidence in a purely civil action to establish the truth of the facts on which it is rendered, but the reasons for excluding such testimony in the trial of contested issues do not…