State v. Craft

Citations

• 117 La. 213
• 41 So. 550
• 1906 La. LEXIS 671

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses — Impeachment—Bias.</p> <p>Evidence was admissible, in behalf of the accused in a murder case, to prove that a female witness for the state, who denied the fact on her cross-examination, was the concubine of the deceased, for the purpose of showing the animus of the witness.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see vol. 50, Cent. Dig. Witnesses, §§ 1193, 1201.)</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>