Sealey v. State

Otto Sealey was convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy. There are twenty-four assignments of error, but as they practically present but three questions, we will discuss them by subjects instead of by number.

The first seven relate to the exclusion of testimony offered by the defendant to prove that at the time of the killing, the deceased was living in a house of ill-fame, and that the witness J. C. Roberts, a constable, then had a warrant in his pocket for the arrest of Wynn for living in adultery with one of the women in the house.

Unchastity does not raise a presumption of…