Funderlberg v. State

The defendant, as all defendants in criminal trialsjare privileged to do, could have introduced evidence, available to him, of Jris previous good general character, to *37be considered by tbe jury in connection with the other evidence in determining the question of guilt or innocence. It is his general character, we say, not particular traits of character, which he may thus put in issue. In the present case, the defendant became a witness in his own behalf, and, to bolster up his testimony, undertook to prove by witnesses that he was a man of good character for truth and veracity. This was not…