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Judgments, orders,or decrees, other than those Inentioned in sections forty, forty-one and forty-tlv0, .; areirrelevant, unless the existence of such !judgnle~t, l,. order or decree, is a fact in issue, or is relevant under 801110other provision of this Act. ! " Ilt1t8t'l'ation8.~\ " : (a.) A ~LlldB separately sue 0 for n libel which reflects UPO;i each' of them. 'C in each case says, that the mattEt; alleged' to be libellous is true, and the circumstances are SUC':lthat it is probably true in each case, 01'in neither. A, obtains a decree against 0 for damages on the grou'nd that C failed to make out his justification. The fact is irrelevant as between Band C. (b.) A prosecutes B for adultery with C) A's wife. 13 denies that C is A's wife, but the Court convicts B of adultery. ' Afterwards, C is prosecuted for bigamy ill marrying ~ during' A's lifetime. C says that she never was A's wife. 1'he judgment against B is irrelevant us against C. (c.) A prosecutes B for stealing a cow from him. B is convicted. . -: ' A, afterwards, sues C for the cow, which B had fold to him Lelore his conviction. As between A and 0, the judgment' no'a,just B is irrelevant. ;:, . , (fl.) A- has obtained a decree for the possession of land-':--- , against B. 0, B's son)murders A in conseclueJwe. The existence of the judgment is relevant, as showing motive for a crime. ,",