Two objections have been taken to the competency of Joseph Heister, as a witness on the present indictment: — 1st. Because his name appears to be subscribed to the note, which his evidence is intended to prove a forgery; and 2d. Because he is interested.
The first objection has been well, and sufficiently, answered, by the remark, that whether the name of the witness is really subscribed...
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