Beattie v. Traynor, 49 A.2d 200, 114 Vt. 495 (Vt.1946)
A photograph, like a map or diagram, is merely a witness' pictured expression of the data observed by him and therein communicated to the tribunal more accurately than by words, and its admission, when properly verified, rests on the relevancy of the fact pictured.
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