People v. McNutt

The Court.

Appellant was charged with the offense of an assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to commit murder, and was convicted of the lesser offense of an assault with a deadly weapon. For a reversal of the judgment, he insists that the court erred in not instructing the jury upon the question of his good character for peace and quiet, he having introduced evidence to that point. It would be unfair and unjust to the people and the court to reverse a judgment and order a new trial because the court did not instruct the jury upon every conceivable phase or principle of law directly or…