4 Kan. 30 | Kan. | 1865
By the Court,
The foregoing testimony comprises all that was before the court touching the matter of the statement sought to be introduced. The defendant objected to the said statement being received in evidence, and the court rejected it, to which ruling the defendant excepted. We think that the court was right, admitting for the sake of argument, that the book in which the statement was to be found was of the class of public writings which are denominated, in law, official registers. It follows that, if produced, it would have been good evidence, and any official statement therein contained might have been read; but in the absence of the book itself, the contents might have been proved by an immediate copy, duly verified. See 1 Gfreenleaf Ev., §484, where this language is held: “In short, the rule may be considered settled, that every document which there would be an inconvenience in removing, and which a party has a right to inspect, may be proved by a duly authenticated copybut such copy must be an examined copy, duly made, and sworn to by a competent witness.
We cannot consider this question, inasmuch as all of the evidence before the court below is not here; at least, the record does not purport to present it.
The judgment of the district court affirmed.