State v. Beaty
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court, Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. The case is stated iu the opinion. I. Upon the trial in the circuit court, the state offered evidence to impeach the character of defendant (who testified in his own behalf), by showing that in the community where he lived he sustained a bad reputation for honesty; and, upon this point, introduced, among other witnesses, one J. E. Wear, who, upon direct examination, testified to defendant’s bad reputation in said…
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Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court, Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. The case is stated iu the opinion. I. Upon the trial in the circuit court, the state offered evidence to impeach the character of defendant (who testified in his own behalf), by showing that in the community where he lived he sustained a bad reputation for honesty; and, upon this point, introduced, among other witnesses, one J. E. Wear, who, upon direct examination, testified to defendant’s bad reputation in said regard. Upon re-direct examination the court permitted the state to ask this witness this question: “Do you. remember of…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
The defendant was tried, on information, and convicted for petit larceny.’ On the trial, the defendant testified in his own behalf. The state thereupon introduced evidence tending to impeach the character of defendant for general dishonesty, etc. The defendant objected to the admission of this evidence, on the ground that he had not put his general character in issue by offering any evidence as to it. This objection must be overruled, as it has been directly determined against defendant’s contention. State v. Clinton, 67 Mo. 380.
It is next assigned for error that the court permitted the…
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