Slappey v. Sumner

1. After a witness lias testified on the trial of a case, an indictment, without more, previously found, charging him with embezzlement, is inadmissible in evidence for the purpose of impeaching him. See, in this connection, McCray v. State, 134 Ga. 416 (68 S. E. 62); Killian v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, 97 Ga. 727 (25 S. E. 384); Gardner v. State, 81 Ga. 144 (7 S. E. 144).(a) After admitting the indictment, it was error for the court to instruct the jury that it could be considered in passing upon the credibility of the witness.

2. Upon the trial of an action instituted against an…