Gladney v. State

This cause was tried in the circuit court before the judge, sitting without a jury. There .were several exceptions reserved by defendant on the admission of testimony. For instance, the state was permitted to prove, over objection and exception by defendant, that at the time the alleged insulting language was used the prosecuting witness was pregnant, and further* that, after the alleged insulting language, Mrs. Narmore, a sister of prosecutrix, was sent for by prosecutrix, and, when Mrs. Narmore came, prosecutrix was sitting in a swing on the front porch crying and prosecutrix told then and…