"The death of Lea was not shown but that he was living a short time previous in the State of Missouri." The evidence was objected to by the defendant objection overruled and the defendant excepted. It was shown that the entries were in the handwriting of one Lea, a former agent of the company at said station, and were in reference to the ordinary business transactions of the corporation. 249.įor the purpose of showing that the cotton, in regard to which the perjury is charged to have been committed, was received by the defendant, the books of the North Carolina Rail Road Company at Thomasville station were offered in evidence. In order that entries in books, whether in the course of the business, or against the interest of the party making them, shall be competent evidence, such party must be dead: Price v. Verdict, Guilty Rule for a new trial, etc.
The objection was overruled, and the defendant excepted. The defendant objected to their introduction. The death of Lea was not shown, but that he was living a short time previously in the State of Missouri. It was shown that the entries were in the hand of one Lea, a former agent of the Company at that Station, and were in reference to the ordinary business transactions of the corporation to which they belong. In the course of the trial, the State offered in evidence the books of the North Carolina Railroad Company, at Thomasville station, in order to show that certain cotton, in regard to which it was alleged that the perjury had been committed, had been received by the defendant.
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