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State v. Gardner

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 15, 1793

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1793-01-15

<p>Information for the adultery of the wife, the husband cannot be a witness.</p> <p>A person who has been convicted of a theft excluded from testifying.</p>

Decided 1793-01-15

By the Court.

¶1He 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.

¶2A 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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