Cohen v. Drake

Citations

• 13 Wash. 102
• 42 P. 529
• 1895 Wash. LEXIS 56

Syllabus

<p>MISCONDUCT OF COUNSEL — REFERENCE IN ARGUMENT TO MATTERS NOT IN EVIDENCE.</p> <p>Where counsel in argument to a jury exhibits paid checks of his client, which had not been introduced in evidence, and refers thereto for the purpose 'of refreshing his recollection as to dates and amounts, it is error for the court to refuse a request for an instruction to the jury to disregard counsel’s argument in regard to them.</p>