[263] Russell on Crimes, 4th ed. vol. iii. p. 250.
[264] Higham v. Ridgway, 10 East 109.
[265] Taylor’s Evid., vol. ii., sec. 1259; Alison’s Criminal Law of Scotland, 542; Wharton’s Evid., vol. i. p. 492.
[266] Sizer v. Burt, 4 Denio, 426; Anthony v. Smith, 2 Bos. (N.Y.) 503, 508; Fraser v. Jameson, 42 Mich. 206. 223.
[267] 1 Smith Lead. Cas., 6th Ed. 509; Kennedy v. People, 30 N. Y. 245.
[268] Chicago, etc., v. McGiven, 78 Ill. 347; Hartford Pro. Ins. Co. v. Harmer, 20 Oh. St. 457.
[269] Commonwealth v. Rodgers, 7 Metc. 5, per Shaw, C.J.
[270] 1 Greenl. Evid., sec. 440; Jones v. White, 11 Hump. 268.
[271] Plowden, 125; Year Books, vol. v.
[272] Whittaker v. Parker, 42 Ia. 586; State v. Watson, 65 Me. 74; Rutherford v. Morris, 77 Ill. 404; Tracy Peerage, 10 Cl. & Fin. 191.