Simmons v. State

While the accused was being tried on a charge of murder a motion to rule out specified evidence of two *164witnesses, Reynolds and Laster, relative to the defendant being in possession of and selling liquor, upon the ground that “said evidence was irrelevant and incompetent,” its effect being “to establish a crime other than the one for which the defendant was then on trial,” was denied. Reynolds did not testify either that the accused had liquor in his possession or that he sold liquor; so his evidence was not subject to the objection urged against it. Laster did testify that the defendant had…