Seaver, 32 Vt. 114, 124, 76 Am. Dec. 156; Hampson v. Taylor, 15
R. I. 83, 8 Atl. 331; Wright v. McKee, 37 Vt. 161; Chase v. Maine
Central B. R. Co., 77 Me. 62.
In actions for seduction and the like the woman's bad character
as to chastity may be shown. Sanborn v. Neilson, 4 N. H. 501;
Mitchell V. Work, 13 R. I. 645.
Connecticut.
In civil proceedings, unless the character of the party be directly
put in issue by the proceeding itself, evidence of his general char-
acter is not admissible. Humphrey v. Humphrey, 7 Conn. 118;
Bennett v. Hyde, 6 Conn. 26.
Insanity cannot be proved by common reputation. State v. Hoyt,
47 Conn. 539.
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To show that a book account, produced in an action of book debt,
is not entitled to credit, evidence is not admissible that the party
■who made the charges and with whom the business relating to the
account was transacted, is generally reputed to keep inaccurate,
false and fraudulent accounts; and that the books produced are
generally reputed to be of that character. Roberts v. Ellsworth, 11
Conn. 292.
In the trial of one for assault, the defendant's counsel having
offered the testimony of citizens as to his law-abiding character,
asked the defendant if he had ever been engaged in a quarrel or in
any kind of trouble. Held, inadmissible. State v. Ferguson, 71
Conn. 227.
Except in prosecutions for rape or attempted rape, evidence is not
admissible in support of the general character of a witness for truth,
unless a direct attempt has been made to impeach it, or he is a
stranger. Sogers v. Moore, 10 Conn. 16, 17.
