Gundlach v. State

There is considerable force in the argument of defendant’s counsel that there was not sufficient evidence to establish the guilt of defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. The two principal witnesses for the State were Mr. and Mrs. Martin. The defense produced more than the usual number of character witnesses who swore that the reputation for truth and veracity of these two witnesses was bad and that they would not believe them under oath.

It was an unusual feature of this testimony that one of the character witnesses was the father, two were sisters, and another a brother-in-law of one of the…