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Joseph Baxter, Jun., versus - Baxter

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court1805-03
1 Will. 2591 Mass. 259

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Opinion

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The Court (Dana, C. J., Strong, Sedgwick, and Thachcr, justices) were clearly and unanimously * of opinion that the confession of the party, uncorroborated by other circumstances, was inadmissible to prove the fact of adultery; that this rule had been too long settled and practised upon to be called in question; but exclusively of that, there were the strongest and most obvious reasons for adhering to the rule, and none for departing from it.