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State v. Gardner

State v. Gardner, 1 Root 485 (1793)
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Court
Supreme Court of Connecticut · State Highest Courts
Decided
January 15, 1793
Citations
1 Root 485
Headnotes
Information for the adultery of the wife, the husband cannot be a witness. A person who has been convicted of a theft excluded from testifying.
Summary
INFORMATION for adultery, committed with Anna Clark, the wife of Samuel Clark. Trial to the jury. The attorney for the state offered Samuel Clark the husband of said Anna, as a witness, to prove the fact. He was objected against, that the guilt of the prisoner necessarily involved the guilt of the said Anna, who was the wife of said Samuel; and that the husband cannot be a witness for or against his wife.

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He cannot be admitted. In a prosecution against the wife, clearly he could not be a witness, and in testifying to the criminality of the prisoner he must necessarily testify to the criminality of his wife; further he may be interested in laying a foundation by his testimony, for a divorce.

A woman was then offered as a witness, who had been convicted before a justice for stealing some flour, was found guilty and adjudged to pay four shillings, the three-fold damages; the record was produced, and upon objection, was excluded as being infamous.

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1845–1846: 21855–1856: 11859–1860: 11863–1864: 11875–1876: 11881–1882: 11889–1890: 11901–1902: 118452026peak 1845 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Commonwealth v. Sparks89 Mass. 534 (1863)
  2. Sylvester v. State71 Ala. 17 (1881)
  3. State v. Bridgman49 Vt. 202 (1876)
  4. Green v. Superior Court21 P. 307 (Cal. 1889) · Dissent
  5. State v. Welch26 Me. 30 (1846)
  6. Thomas v. State41 S.E. 578 (Ga. 1902)

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  1. Thomas v. State41 S.E. 578 (Ga. 1902)
  2. Green v. Superior Court21 P. 307 (Cal. 1889) · Dissent
  3. Sylvester v. State71 Ala. 17 (1881)
  4. State v. Bridgman49 Vt. 202 (1876)
  5. Commonwealth v. Sparks89 Mass. 534 (1863)
  6. State v. Dudley7 Wis. 664 (1859)

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