Commonwealth v. Welsh
Commonwealth v. Welsh
70 Mass. 535
Commonwealth v. Welsh
Opinion of the Court
The evidence of what the witness testified before the grand jury ought not to have been received. It bore upon no question pertinent to the issue. It was not to neutralize the effect of evidence given by the witness against the party calling him; for the witness had given none. It could only be to disparage the witness, and show him unworthy of credit with the jury, which was inadmissible.
Exceptions sustained
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