Shortridge v. State

The appellant Linnwood Shortridge was charged with using threatening language over a telephone to Rosie Lee Shortridge in violation of Section 2291.5, Code of 1942, by threatening to do her great bodily harm, and the appellant was tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve six months in jail. He appeals from that sentence and judgment.

Upon the trial of the case in the Circuit Court of Sunflower Comity Rosie Lee Shortridge was introduced by the State as a witness for the prosecution. Among other questions she was asked the following, and made the following answer: “Are…