Clackner v. State

The appellant was indicted in the court below for stealing hams, lard, and lard-cans. Trial by jury; verdict, guilty; motion for a new trial overruled; and judgment. •

There are two grounds on which it is insisted that the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, the exclusion of evidence, and misdirection of the jury in charges given by the court.

The defendant had introduced as a witness one Henry Long, who gave material testimony for him. After the defendant bad closed bis testimony, the State called one Kimmel who testified that the general character of Long was bad. The…