1 Cranch 187 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | 1804
said that the question was premature, until evidence of malice should be offered, when it might come properly before the court on an objection to the evidence. But THE COURT permitted the plaintiff to give evidence of fatigue, trouble, vexation and expenses occasioned by the attempt to prove him a bankrupt. And afterwards permitted the plaintiff to go into evidence of malice in aggravation of damages.
THE COURT also permitted the defendant to give evidence of the circumstances and conduct of John Sutton, which would have