Vinson v. State

SIMPSON, ■ Justice.

A reversal was declared by the Court of Appeals because of the two errors hereinafter noted and the petition here is for writ of certiorari to review that decision.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals discloses that the solicitor was permitted to cross-examine the character witnesses of the defendant as follows: “Say he (defendant) was running a place, — we will say down here in the basement of the court house selling whiskey in violation of the law where he was selling any kind of whiskey, would you say his character was good ?”

The law is correctly stated in the opinion of…