
    Case No. 3,664.
    DAWES et al. v. CORCORAN.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 137.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    July Term, 1803.
    Witnesses—Cross-Examination.
    Leading questions may be asked in cross-ex- . amining a witness.
    Assumpsit.
    Mr. Mason, for defendant,
    in cross-examining the plaintiffs’ witness, asked whether there was not an agreement that, &c. (stating certain terms.)
    Mr. Key, for plaintiff,
    objected on the ■ ground of its being a leading question.
    The objection was overruled, and the question permitted to be asked.
   Mr. Key took a bill of exceptions. But no writ of error was issued. See Peake, Ev. 135.  