Commonwealth v. Pease

Oct 29, 1884
Reporters:
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By the Court.

There was sufficient evidence to justify a verdict of ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‍guilty. The jury having found that a mesh net was a seine, there was no variance. In weighing the testimony ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‍of the government witness, the jury had the right to consider what was his condition and station, and the reference ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‍to him by the court in the charge as the sheriff of the county is no ground of exception. The ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‍court properly left it to the jury to say to what extent his credit was affected by the fact that ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‍he was interested in the result of the case. Exceptions overruled.