State v. Schrock

Citations

• 92 Wash. 69
• 158 P. 1005
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1153

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Review—Harmless Error. Error in the exclusion of a contract to prove a fact that was established by other evidence and undisputed is harmless.</p> <p>Witnesses — Credibility—Instructions. It is not prejudicial error, in giving a precautionary instruction on the subject of the credibility of the witnesses, to tell the jury, with unnecessary particularity, to take into consideration the witnesses’ general character, business, antecedents, etc., where it applies alike to witnesses on both sides.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Appeal—Harmless Error — Instructions. An instruction telling the jury to refrain from calling to mind other criminal cases tried at the same term is not prejudicial error.</p> <p>Criminal Law — New Trial — Grounds—Surprise—Waiver. In a prosecution for uttering a forged note, a new trial should not be granted for surprise by evidence of a witness that he saw the accused write the note, admitted for the purpose of proving the accused’s guilty knowledge of the forgery, where no objection was made and no surprise .claimed and no continuance asked at the time.</p>