2 Blackf. 351 | Ind. | 1830
Action on the case by a father for the seduction of his daughter, whereby he lost her service. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, the daughter was introduced as a witness on behalf of the plaintiff, and stated in her evidence that the
The affidavit should not have been read without proof of its authenticity. It purports to be a part of a legal proceeding, before the justice of the peace, between the state and the present defendant; and, being detached from the case, is not entitled to the same credit as if the whole proceedings had been •certified. Again, it purports tobe the original affidavit, being nowhere spoken of in the record as a copy; and, being a document that should not be thus removed from the office of the justice, its exhibition in this case for a purpose entirely foreign to that for which it was originally intended, and in a county different from that in which the justice resided, is calculated to excite suspicion. The party introducing it should, therefore, be held to the strictest proof of its authenticity; which, however, may be furnished by oral testimony.
The judgment is reversed, and the verdict set aside, with costs. Cause remanded, &c.
A re-hearing was granted in this case; but the same judgment in it, as above, ivas afterwards rendered.