State v. Wilson

PER Cuexam.

The evidence of the prosecuting witness, if true, justified the conviction and sentence imposed upon defendant. He, however, denied his guilt of the crime charged and testified that his daughter had threatened to get rid of him because of his attempts to control her conduct. She had told him at least three times, he said, that she could “make up something” which would “put him away.” Defendant offered as a witness his next door neighbor, Mrs. Mary Cook, who, inter alia, testified in the absence of the jury as follows:

1. “Q. Did Darlene at any time tell you anything about her father…