Ex Parte Thompson

Defendant, Billy Thompson, was charged by indictment with assault with intent to murder. He pleaded not guilty, was tried, and was found guilty of assault and battery. He was fined five hundred dollars and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the county jail. On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals the judgment of conviction was affirmed.

We granted certiorari to consider the sole question of whether the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the prosecution to introduce evidence regarding defendant's reputation for peace and quiet where defendant had testified but had not…