Smith v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The disclosure of Hyde was offered by the plaintiff, to prove what Hyde did say concerning the note, at the time of the disclosure, and all he said about it, but it was held inadmissible. The only effect, which this disclosure could have had, so far as we can perceive, was to corroborate the testimony of Hyde given in his deposition. The only corroboration which it would afford was, that on a former occasion he made statements, not inconsistent with those made in his deposition and by the plaintiff in this case. On no principle is such evidence for such a purpose admissible.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dwyer v. State