100 years ago in Spokane: Defense attorneys question moral character of female witness in Codd murder trial
News > Spokane Mon., Nov. 28, 2022 22-year-old Beatrice Sant testified that she'd been bribed to give false testimony exonerating Maurice Codd in ...
News > Spokane Mon., Nov. 28, 2022 22-year-old Beatrice Sant testified that she'd been bribed to give false testimony exonerating Maurice Codd in his murder trial on this date 100 years ago in Spokane. The Greenacres School also burned. (S-R archives) Beatrice Sant was 'belittled and shamed' during cross-examination. 'Oh, you had a one-night-stand at the Madison Hotel, did you?' sneered one of the defense attorneys. The judge ruled that this question and similar ones were 'not proper,' but the defense attorneys still did their best to impugn her morals and her character.