Randolph v. Woodstock, 35 Vt. Safford v. National Bank & Tr., 61 Vt. 373 Sargeant v. French, 54 Vt. 385. 568 Saville, Somes & Co. v. Welch, 58 Vt. 683. 642 Schofield v. Jones, 85 Ga. 816... 580 Scott v. Stewart, 5 Vt. 57. Scott v. Lance, 21 Vt. 513. Scoville v. Baldwin, 27 Conn. 318 212 Seymour v. Freer, 8 Wall. 202.. 614 Shackett v. Shackett, 49 Vt. 195. 624 Shaddock v. Clifton, 94 Am. Dec. 227 390 565 593... 593 Shaffner v. Com., 72 Pa. St. 60.. 533 429 Sharkey v. Mansfield, 90 N. Y. 227 420 58 Shaw v. Shaw, 6 Vt. 69 499 Re Thorp, 64 Vt. 198. Rex v. Oneby, 2 Str. 766. 19 250 Sheets v. Atherton, 62 Vt. 229.. 330 Rex v. The Dean of St. Asaph, 3 T. R. 428 23 Shurtleff v. Stevens, 51 Vt. 501.. 177 Simpkins v. Eddie, 56 Vt. 612... 363 Smith v. Ins. Co., 60 Vt. 682. 5 496.. Richardson v. Cook, 37 Vt. 599 55 Richardson, Admr., v. Cook, 37 tern Ry. Co., L. R. 6 C. P. 14 217 Smith v. Fletcher, L. R. 7 Ex. Vt. 599 57 Rice v. Talmadge, 20 Vt. 378 Richmond v. Dubuque Rd. Co., 26 Iowa 191. 301 Cas. 305 Smith v. Fitzgerald, 59 Vt. 451.. 316 Smith v. Potter, 27 Vt. 304.. 219 345 434 Richardson v. Mellish, 2 Bing. Richardson, Admr., v. Estate of Robie v. Briggs, 59 Vt. 443. Root v. Reynolds, 32 Vt. 139.. 28 474 Spaulding v. Warner, 57 Vt. 654 663 314.. 588 527 Spencer v. Dearth, 42 Vt. 102... 200 575 Spence v. McDonough, 77 Iowa 46 631 656 Spear v. Ralph, 14 Vt. 400...... 487 Spencer v. Woodbridge, 38 Vt. Smith v. Bradley, 39 Vt. 366. 429 176 449 (Ill.) 343 359 360 441 Safford v. People, 1 Park 474... 28 State v. McDonnell, 32 Vt. 491. Vt. 246. Walker v. Sauvinet, 92 U. S. 90. 424 Walsh v. Fussell, 6 Bing. 169... 434 Walworth v. Jenness, 58 Vt. 670 459 Waldron v. Berry, 51 N. H. 136. 255 Warden v. Adams, 15 Mass. 236. 455 Washington v. State, 63 Ala. 135 28 Waterman v. Clark, 58 Vt. 601.. Waterman v. Railroad Co., 30 Vt. 610.. 447 642 Webster v. Cecil, 3 Beav. 62. Weed Sewing Machine Co. v. Boutelle, 56 Vt. 570. 661 95 Wells v. Austin, 59 Vt. 157.. 42 Wescott v. Railroad Co., 61 Vt. 558 593 438 Westlake v. Westlake, 34 Ohio St. 621 Weston v. Sprague, 54 Vt. 395.. 447 Wheatley v. Chrisman, 24 Pa. St. 298.. 629 Wheeler v. Wheeler, 47 Vt. 637. 345 Wheadon v. Olds, 20 Wend. 174. 410 Wheeler v. Seldon, 63 Vt. 430... 462 Wheeler v. City of Worcester, 10 Allen 591... 475 Wheatley v. Waldo, 36 Vt. 237.. 527 76 107 Willard v. Pike, 59 Vt. 223. 523 ... 534 Edwards et al., 19 641 299 133 444 Wright v. Marvin, 59 Vt. 439... 588 Wright v. Tibbitts, 91 U. S. 252. 93 Wyncoop v. Burger 12 Johns. 222 337 Wyman v. Halstead, 109 U. S. 654 101 Yealey v. Fink, 40 Pa. St. 212. 255 CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT. STATE v. FRANK I. BURPEE. WINDSOR COUNTY, 1892. Before: ROWELL, TYLER, START, AND THOMPSON, JJ. Evidence. Unanswered question. Jurors not Fudges of the law. I. The respondent being on trial for the larceny of certain cattle, may show that an important witness for the State has been arrested for stealing the same cattle. 2. 3. 5. Error cannot be predicated upon the mere asking of a question which is not answered. One who has known a person from boyhood, having lived four or five miles from him, and always heard him spoken of by people, may testify as to his reputation for truth and veracity. 4. Jurors are not paramount judges of the law in criminal cases. State v. Croteau, 23 Vt. 14, and cases following it overruled. Indictment for larceny of cattle. Trial by jury at the December term, 1891, TAFT, J. presiding. Verdict, guilty. Exceptions by the respondent. The case appears in the opinion. Gilbert A. Davis and Frank H. Clark, for the respondent. The respondent should have been permitted to show that Potter had been arrested for stealing these same cattle. Tufts v. Town of Chester, 62 Vt. 356; Randall v. Preston, 52 Vt. 193; Beckley v. Jarvis, 55 Vt. 348. The testimony of Bailey to the reputation of Spaulding was improperly received, no foundation having been laid. Amidon v. Hosley, 54 Vt. 26; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 461; Marks v. Fox, 18 Fed. Rep. 715; People v. Rector, 19 Wend. 579; 14 U. S. Dig. 660; Bogle v. Kreutzer, 46 Penn. St. 465; Henderson v. Hayne, 2 Met. (Ky.) 342; Ford v. Ford, 7 Hump. (Tenn.) 92–102; Kelly v. Proctor, 41 N. H. 139; State v. Parks, 3 Ired. (N. C.) 296; Crabstree v. Hagenbaugh, 25 Ill. 233; Com. v. Lawler, 12 Allen 585. State v. Juries are judges of the law in criminal cases. Wilkinson, 2 Vt. 480; State v. Croteau, 23 Vt. 14; State v. McDonnell, 32 Vt. 531; State v. Barron. 37 Vt. 57; State v. Haynes, 36 Vt. 672; State v. Clark, 37 Vt. 471; State v. Hopkins, 56 Vt. 263; State v. Paddock, 24 Vt. 316; State v. Snow, 18 Me. 346: Doss v. Com., 1 Gratt. (Va.) 538: State v. Allen, 1 McCord 535; Halder v. State, 5 Ga. 441; State v. Freeman, 22 N. E. Rep. 623; Mullinix v. People, 76 Ill. 211; Falk v. People. 42 Ill. 331. W. W. Stickney, State's Attorney, for the State. The witness Potter could not be discredited by showing his mere arrest for the larceny of these cattle. Crane v. Thayer, 18 Vt. 162; Jackson v. Osborn, 2 Wend. 555. The evidence tended to show that Bailey was acquainted with the reputation of Spaulding, and that being so the |