Bridges v. State

Martin. Bridges was indicted in the Sebastian Circuit Court for the crime of murder in the first degree in the killing of one Douis 'Chappel. He was tried, convicted and sentenced by judgment of the court to two years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

There are thirty-two assignments of error in appellant’s motion for a new trial. The 18th assignment is as follows: “The court erred in admitting, over the objections of appellant, the testimony of the witness, Gr. L. Winters, as to his knowledge of the general reputation of Louis Chappel, the deceased, as a…