Is evidence of a highway robbery competent to prove the fact of another crime?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morse, 196 N.Y. 306, 89 N.E. 816 (N.Y. 1909):
Evidence of the highway robbery, although not competent to prove the fact of another crime, was competent as a part of a continuous transaction, and to show that the defendant was liable to arrest, and as further showing the motive and intent of the defendant in firing the shot that killed the policeman. People v. Governale, supra.
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