Hadley v. State

Appellant was convicted of the crime of false pretense and sentenced to serve 21 years in the penitentiary.

In the motion for a new trial two of the grounds assigned were (a) that the verdict was the result of prejudice and passion, and (b) that the court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney, over objections of the defendant, to question the defendant in the presence of the jury as to former convictions, the prisons in which he served, the length of such sentences, and the time actually served under the sentences imposed.

On appeal no brief was filed by appellant.

Under § 3073 of Pope’s…