Mathews v. State

Jordan, Judge.

John J. Mathews was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of Clayton County for the offense of burglary. His motion for a new trial on the general and two special grounds was denied, and the exception-is to that judgment. Held:

1. The first special ground of the amended motion for new trial contends that the court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial for the reason that the answer of a witness for the State to a question propounded to him by the solicitor-general put the defendant’s character in issue when he had not done so himself. The witness, O. W. Allen, a detective…