Knighton v. State

1. The defendant was convicted of simple larceny, the theft being that of a cow. He assigns error upon the overruling of his motion for a new trial. In his statement the defendant said: “I have never been accused of doing anything like this before.” In rebuttal of this statement the State introduced evidence to the effect that his general reputation for stealing was bad. Defendant’s counsel objected to such testimony, and the court ruled as follows: “When the defendant sayrs ho has never been accused of anything like this before, 1 think the State should be allowed to go into what would be…