State v. Bloom

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

lidie defendant was indicted for and convicted of the carnal airase of a female child, and this review is under sections 136, 137 of the Criminal Procedure act.

Complaint is made that the learned trial judge erred in excluding proof of defendant’s reputation for morality, and that the defendant was injured thereby. We are of tbe opinion that tbe complaint is well founded.

The defendant called Maurice Spapiro as a witness and proved by him that both he and the defendant lived in the same neighborhood. The defendant’s counsel then put this…