State v. Gibert

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne.

Upon an indictment charging murder the' defendant was convicted of manslaughter. He admitted the killing and pleaded self-defense.

Several errors are assigned for the reversal of the judgment herein, but the most important and most serious ques tion raised by the defendant is as to the action of the Court in permitting the solicitor, over objection, to cross examine the defendant with reference to previous difficulties in which he had participated.

The accused, prior to taking the stand in his own behalf, had voluntarily…