State v. Bennet

Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Bennet

1 Root 249

DecidedJanuary 15, 1791

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State v. Bennet, 1 Root 249 (Colo. 1791).

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Opinion

By the Court.

A witness being entitled to the premium is a consequential matter, and from the necessity of the case will [250]*250not exclude Mm, although it lessens the weight of his testimony; hut where a witness has acted so villainous a part as Collins by traducing a young lad into a crime, in order to betray him, from the sordid motive of obtaining the premium, discovers such depravity of heart, as would render it dangerous for a court of- justice, to admit him to testify — he was therefore rejected.

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By the Court.

A witness being entitled to the premium is a consequential matter, and from the necessity of the case will [250]*250not exclude Mm, although it lessens the weight of his testimony; hut where a witness has acted so villainous a part as Collins by traducing a young lad into a crime, in order to betray him, from the sordid motive of obtaining the premium, discovers such depravity of heart, as would render it dangerous for a court of- justice, to admit him to testify — he was therefore rejected.

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1 Root 249, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-bennet-conn-1791.