The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-20
JUDICIAL, DECISIONS.

ryha advisabiIity of documentary cyl
Idance tending to establish the gullt VI
an accused of the offense chargeu ID
held in Adams vs.. New York, advance
sheets U. s. 1908, p. 372, to be aftecteo
hv~the fact that it was in violation OF
the constitutional prohibition against
unrea sonable searches and seizures.
The constitutional guaranty of relig-
ions freedom is held, in People vs..
Pierson IN. ", 63 L. r. A. 1S', not 70
be violated by q statute requiring the
furnishing of medical attendance TO
minors, where the constitution pro
yides that liberty Of conscience snal
not Justify practices inconsistent WIN
the safety of the state.
The right to interrogate a witness as
to his belief in a Supreme Being VINO
would punish him for false swearing
for the purpose of affecting his cred
ibility, Is denied in Brink vs.. Stratton
On, W, 63 L. r. A. 1S2, where the
constitution provides that no person
shall be incompetent to be witness on
account of his religious belief, ana an
ogates al! disqualification from clVll
rights because Of such belief
A stipulation in a railway pass that
the company shall not be liable to the
user under any circumstances, Wheth-
er Of negligence of agents or otherwise
for any injury to the person" Is held IN
Northern Pacific Railway Company VS..
Adams, Advance Sheets U. S. 1903, p.
4O8 to violate no rule of public policy
and to relieve the company from liaOll-
ity for personal injuries resulting from
the ordinary negligence of its employees
to one riding on the pass with knoWl-
edge of its conditions.
A promise by conductor to assist
femalepassengerw who Is partially blind,
In alighting from the train at her des-
tination, Is held, in Southern Railway
Company VS.. Hobbs (Ga.), 63 L. R. A.
68, not to amount to an undertaking
on the part Of the conductor to enter
the car in which the passenger is rid
ing assume charge of her bundles and
escort her from her seat down the aisle
and out upon the platform, unless the
passenger Is so helpless as to require
this extraordinary attention and the
conductor has notice that such is the
case.
The right to cross examine hand
writing experts in order to prove their
Oh itU to toin n1 In ITnoC We WIph 7
! IN. W, SO L. r. A. 1853, and 1t Is held
to be error to strike out an admission
by such an expert that he had been
mistaken as to signatures which he had
pronounced genuine, although the trial
judge might, in his discretion, have ex-
Guided an effort to secure such admis-
sion in the first instance. The other
authorities on examination Of witness
es to handwriting by comparison are
collated and reviewed in a note to this
case.
A combination prohibited by the act
Of Congress Of July 2, 1890, is held, in
w. W. Montague & Co. vs.. Lowry &c.
c. A, 9th O., SO, L. R. A. So, affirmed
advance sheets U. S., 1903, p. 3O7, to
be constituted by an association to
unite all acceptable dealers" engaged
in certain business in a certain city
and within 200 miles therefrom and all
American manufacturers Of their sup.
plies, the rules of which exclude IN.
acceptable persons from membership
and prohibit their purchasing supplies
at less than list prices, which are more
than double what members Of the asso,
citation pay.