Brooks v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial to the court of assault and battery with intent to kill and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than two nor more than fourteen years. This appeal questions only two rulings of the trial court, each being the rejection of certain cross-examination.

The defendant had succeeded, over objection of the State, in extracting from the prosecuting witness the fact that he had a civil law suit for damages pending against the defendant’s employer and arising out of the same circumstances as the criminal trial. The court permitted this…