State v. . Hice

There was evidence offered on the part of the State tending to prove the guilt of both the defendants. The defendants were not offered as witnesses, and did not testify in their own behalf at the trial of the cause.

Upon the trial the defendants introduced James Miller as a witness, and asked the witness if he knew the general character of Hice, to which he answered "Yes." "What is it?" To this the State Solicitor objected. Objection was sustained by the court, the answer excluded, and the defendants excepted.

The counsel for the defendants then proposed to prove by said witness that the…