Beckman v. Souther

36 A. 14, 68 N.H. 381

• Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
• Decided: December 5, 1895
• Status: Published

Opinion

Carpenter, J.

Evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was known by the defendant to be a violent and dangerous person was competent. In arresting and detaining such a person, forcible measures might be proper and reasonable which in the case of a person of a different character would be unwarranted.

"Whether the evidence offered of the defendant’s character for violence and of his conduct in making a previous arrest had any legitimate bearing on the issue submitted to the jury, was a question of remoteness determinable at the trial term. Its exclusion was not error. Cook v. New Durham, 64 N. H. 419; Hilliard v. Beattie, 59 N. H. 462, 465.

The instruction requested was properly refused. Jewell v. Gilbert, 64 N. H. 13.

.'Exceptions overruled.

Parsons, J., did not sit: tbe others concurred.