State ex rel. Medford v. Spence

Headnote

Hand-writing may be proved by a person who never saw the party write, if he have otherwise a knowledge of the character of his hand-writing.

Debt on a constable’s bond.

At the trial a witness was called to prove the hand-writing of the subscribing witness to the bond. He had never seen the party write, but he had seen a long account acknowledged by him to be his handwriting ; and from this he offered to swear to his belief of the signa»

ture. The testimony was objected, to and admitted by the court. (See 2 Stark. Ev. 373, &c.)