Rentfrow v. State

Stephen Rentfrow was tried for the murder of his daughter-in-law, Mary Rentfrow, and was found guilty with a recommendation that he be sentenced to the penitentiary for life. .He made a- motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he. excepted.

1. The motion complains that the court erred in admitting evidence to the effect that the character-of the- accused for violence was bad, over the objection, made at the time the evidence was offered, that only the general character of the accused was. in issue, and that evidence as to his' character for any particular-trait was inadmissible.…