21; Beal v. Nichols, 2 Gray, 262; Moody v. Bowell, 17 Pick. 490,
498; Merrill v. Berkshire, 11 Pick. 269; Webster v. Lee, 5 Mass.
334; 'Oerrish v. Cummings, 4 Cush. 391; Siites v. Allen, 5 Allen,
320.
Re-examination. — Farrell v. Boston, 161 Mass. 106; Dote v.
Wooldredge, 142 Mass. 161.
Aeticle 128.
lbadiitg questions.
Questions suggesting the answer which the person put-
ting the question wishes or expects to receive, or suggesting
disputed facts as to which the witness is to testify, must
not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in
examination in chief, or in re-examination, except with the
permission of the Court, but such questions may be asked
in cross-examination.
AMERICAN NOTE.
General.
Authorities. — 1 Greenleaf on Evidence (15th ed.), sees. 434, 435,
443; 1 Wharton on Evidence, sees. 499-504.
Numerous items,- — Where the examination relates to items too
numerous to be thought of by the witness, leading questions may
be employed. Huckins v. People's Ins. Co., 31 N. H. 238.
Hostile witness. — The court may allow leading questions on the
direct if the witness is hostile. State v. Benner, 64 Me. 267;
Whitman v. Morey, 63 N. H. 448.
CONNECTICrTT.
A leading question may be replaced by a proper one. Allen v.
Hartford Life Ins. Co., 72 Conn. 697.
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Hostile witness. — In case of a hostile witness, the court may
allow leading questioiis on the direct examination. Stratford v.
Sanford, 9 Conn. 284; State v. Stevens, 65 Conn. 93.
Cross-examination. — Stratford v. Sanford, 9 Conn. 284.
Massachusetts.
Leading questions. — Moody v. Bowell, 17 Pick. 498, 28 Am. Dec.
317.
