State v. Fruge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

From a conviction of grand larceny and sentence tO' six months’ imprisonment, at hard labor, the defendant appeals.

In this court he has made no appearance by counsel or otherwise, and we find in the transcript but one bill of exception which requires notice; and it appertains to the ruling of the judge below permitting the State to introduce proof confirmatory of the reputation for truth*166fulness of the single witness offered by and relied upon by the State to establish the guilt of the accused — defendant’s objection being that the veracity…