In re Correy R.

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• recognizing that “a conviction of treason, or felony” disqualified a witness from testifying, but to prove that a person had such a “conviction,” “it is necessary to prove the record of judgment”
• “[I]t is now settled ... that it is the crime, and not the punishment, which creates the infamy, and destroys the competency of the witness.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).