State v. Baron

The defendant excepted to the solicitor’s argument that “Then his own wife takes the stand, and she tells you my husband had maybe two drinks, maybe three, maybe more. Her own words.” What she actually said relative to the number of drinks her husband had was “Two or three drinks; or he might have even had four.” It seems plain that the solicitor’s argument was well within the bounds of this testimony and the exception is overruled.

Another exception relates to the argument that a friend of the defendant “bought” more than one drink. An examination of the record on this score reveals…