Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 15, 1808 (Commonwealth v. Kinison)

Parsons, C. J.

We have looked into this case, and on consideration are all of opinion that the verdict must be set aside, and a new trial granted.

It is an indispensable rule of law, that evidence of an inferior nature, which supposes evidence of a higher in existence, and which may be had, shall not be admitted.