State v. Lawrence
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Churchill County; B. F. Curler, Judge. H. C. Lawrence was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and.appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The court erred in permitting the prosecution to attempt to prove the general and specific bad character of the defendant, when the defendant had not put his character either specifically or generally in issue. The defendant went on the stand as a witness in his own behalf.
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Appeal from the District Court, Churchill County; B. F. Curler, Judge. H. C. Lawrence was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and.appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The court erred in permitting the prosecution to attempt to prove the general and specific bad character of the defendant, when the defendant had not put his character either specifically or generally in issue. The defendant went on the stand as a witness in his own behalf. His testimony was confined entirely to the time he resided in this state, about a year and a half. On cross-examination he was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Fitzgerald, C. J.:
The defendant was convicted in the Second Judicial District Court in and for the County of Churchill of the crime of assault with intent to kill. He made a motion for a new trial. The court denied the motion, and sentenced the defendant to the penitentiary for. the period of fourteen years. Defendant appeals to this court from both the order denying his motion for a new trial. and also from the judgment pronounced upon him by the court.
In his bill of exceptions defendant makes four assignments of error; but his counsel, in the brief filed in this court, relies…
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