State v. . Sloan

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the case: Error is assigned because the trial court, in charging the jury, stated “the defendant admits he has a criminal record, more or less; that at one time he was convicted of larceny,” etc., whereas the admission made by the prisoner was that he had been on the roads of Richmond County and “they claimed I took an automobile.”' - The assignment is without merit. The court’s statement is warránted by the cross-examination of the prisoner. There is no practicable difference between the defendant’s testimony and the court’s interpretation of it. For the court to…