Case Name: Bow v. Parsons, Sheriff
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1792-12
Citations: 1 Root 480
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bow v. Parsons, Sheriff.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 480–481

Head Matter:
Bow v. Parsons, Sheriff.
Parol evidence admitted to prove a witness to he an infidel.
Action for tbe escape of Gordon Whitmore, who' was in prison upon an execution. -Case was defaulted and beard in damages.
Tbe defendant produced a receipt under tbe band of tbe plaintiff given subsequent to tbe date of said execution, to. said Gordon purporting to be for £78, wbicb tbe plaintiff claimed to have been given for only £8. Said receipt was witnessed by one Stephen Freeman, wlm tbe plaintiff offered as a witness to prove tbat it was given for only £8. Tbe defendant objected to bis being admitted, tbat be was an infidel and disbelieved tbe being of a God, and of revealed religion.

Opinion:
The court admitted parol testimony of particular conversations and declarations to evince bis infidelity. Tbe objection not being supported be was admitted.