Alvin Grover Conner v. United States

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal from a conviction of conspiring to violate the liquor taxing laws is whether the court below committed reversible error in refusing to grant a mistrial “because [an] answer by [a] witness placed the character and reputation of the defendant in evidence without the accused first having done so.” No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of guilty rendered by the jury.

In answer to the prosecutor’s question relating to whether the witness knew anything about the defendant before he met him,…