Tla-Koo-Yel-Lee v. United States

Syllabus

<p>Tak-Ke and the plaintiff were indicted for murder. On the separate trial of the plaintiff in error, Tak-Ke’s wife was a witness against him. On cross-examination the following questions were put to her: Who are yo.a living with now ? Is it not a fact that since your husband was arrested and convicted you have been living with this witness Ke-Tinch ? Is it not a fact that shortly after this affair took place you and the witness Ke-Tinch agreed to live together if your husband was convicted and you yourself got clear ? Each of these was objected to as immaterial and incompetent and the objection was sustained. Held, that the questions should have been allowed.</p> <p>The same .objections made, sustained below, and that court overruled here, as to drinking of the defendant, and as to what took place at the sailing of the sloop.</p>