Powell v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts). We shall deal first with the special grounds of the motion for new trial.

Error is assigned on the admission of testimony offered in *410support of the general character of the prosecutrix, Euby Moncrief, for chastity. The objection was stated as follows: “We object to that evidence and move to rule it out. We have not attacked her character. We insist there is only two ways that the character of a witness can be sustained. One is when the defendant has attacked the character of the witness for general bad character, and the other is when it is sought to be…