Peacock v. State

1. A person’s character is not to be proved by asking a witness what kind of a man that person is. The word “ character,” as used in legal parlance, is equivalent in meaning to the word “ reputation,” as used in more precise diction.

2. Self-serving declarations of a person, that he was sick, are usually to be rejected as hearsay, where the witness offering to detail the declarations has no other knowledge on the subject than what he derived from the declarations.

3. There was enough direct and inferential testimony as to the venue to support the conviction, as to that phase of the case.

4. A…