Patterson v. State

The plaintiff in error, who will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant, is under conviction of receiving stolen property. The jury fixed his punishment at six months in the county workhouse, from which he appealed and assigned errors, as follows:

“The Court erred in refusing to gránt defendant’s motion for a new trial for the following reasons, to-wit:

“ (1) The Court erred in overruling the defendant’s objection to the testimony of Ernest Franklin, Harvey Mar-cum, and Joseph Cooksey, on direct examination hy the State and of the defendant, on cross examination hy the State, that…