Connecticut Superior Court January 15, 1789 (Bennitt v. Beardsley)

REASONS of the superior court for affirming the judgement of common pleas. The bill of exception states:—

*51That one Isaac Bennitt was offered as a witness to testify the confessions of Beardsley one of the defendants. The confession of a party is good evidence against himself and is ever admitted and cannot be produced but by parol.