Myra Clark Gaines, Appellant v. Richard Relf, and Beverly Chew, Executors of Daniel Clark and Others

Citation53 U.S. 472,13 L.Ed. 1071,12 How. 472
PartiesMYRA CLARK GAINES, APPELLANT, v. RICHARD RELF, AND BEVERLY CHEW, EXECUTORS OF DANIEL CLARK AND OTHERS
Decision Date01 December 1851
CourtUnited States Supreme Court

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  • State v. Copeland, (CC 090647486
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oregon
    • July 25, 2013
    ...of truth; namely, the swearing and the cross examination of the persons who prepared them.” Gaines v. Relf, 53 U.S. (12 How.) 472, 570, 13 L.Ed. 1071 (1851). The official records hearsay exception permitted the admission of “official registers or records kept by persons in public office in ......
  • Brown v. State
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    • May 28, 1913
    ...or emotion. See, also, State v. Baldwin, 36 Kan. 1, 12 Pac. 318; Commonwealth v. Howard, 205 Mass. 128, 91 N. E. 397; Gaines v. Relf, 12 How. 472, 13 L. Ed. 1071. In the case last cited, it was held that where it was material to show the state of mind of a husband toward his wife, his lette......
  • Smith v. Agdeppa
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
    • December 30, 2022
    ...pre-trial statements that he told Dorsey to "stop." Because counsel's argument was not evidence, see, e.g., Gaines v. Relf , 53 U.S. 472, 12 How. 472, 490, 13 L.Ed. 1071 (1851), the district court properly ignored it.Ironically, the unsupported assertion in Agdeppa's brief that he did provi......
  • State v. Steen
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • June 8, 1923
    ......R. Jones, of Rockingham, for appellant. . .          James. S. Manning, ... the State. . .          CLARK,. C.J. . .          The. evidence ... the statements of casual acquaintances or others who are so. often put upon the stand as ... Justice Wayne in Gaines v. Relf et al., 12 How. 555, 13 L.Ed. 1071. . ......
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