Commonwealth v. Dame
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Dame, 62 Mass. 384 (Mass. 1851)
Metcalf
Commonwealth v. Dame
Opinion of the Court
It is said in the text books that persons convicted of treason, felony, or the crimen falsi, are incompetent to be witnesses. Roscoe on Ev. 78; 1 Greenl. on Ev. § 373. But the offence, of which Cummings was convicted, was
In the case of United States v. Brockius, 3 Wash. C. C. 99, it was decided that a person convicted of the crime of assault and battery with intent to murder was, nevertheless, a competent witness. That case is analogous to the present.
Exceptions overruled.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Commonwealth v. Frederick Dame
- Status
- Published