Brown v. United States (164 U.S. 221)


Supreme Court of the United States

164 U.S. 221

BROWN  v.  UNITED STATES

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas

No. 381. Submitted: Oct. 23, 1896 --- Decided: Nov. 16, 1896 

Evidence of the reputation of a man for truth and veracity in the neighborhood of his home is equally competent to affect his credibility as a witness, whether it is founded upon dispassionate judgment, or upon warm admiration for constant truthfulness, or natural indignation at habitual falsehood; and whether his neighbors are virtuous or immoral in their own lives. Such considerations may affect the weight, but do not touch the competency, of the evidence offered to impeach or to support his testimony.

THE case is stated in the opinion.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendants in error.

No appearance for plaintiff in error

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