
    United States v. William Hudland.
    A witness, upon cross-examination, is not to be. questioned as to any fact, tending to disgrace him, which the party would not be permitted to prove aliunde.
    
    Indictment for assault and battery.
    
      Mr. Semmes, for the defendant,
    in cross-examining John Dixon, a witness for the United States, asked him whether he had been indicted for treason.
   The Court interposed, and said that this Court, after argument, had lately decided, in Washington, that a witness should not, in cross-examination, be asked a question as to any fact, tending to disgrace him, which the party would not be permitted to prove aliunde.

Verdict, not guilty.  