Pickerell v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The conviction is for slander in imputing a want of chastity to Nellie Rowles, and punishment assessed at 'a fine of $500 and imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days.

Reversal is sought in the first assignment because a witness said:' “My very best opinion is that he was mad, just as mad as he could he; that is what I thought about it.” This related to the time that the witness claimed that appellant used the slanderous language. At the time the language on which the prosecution is founded was used appellant was at the courthouse, having been arrested for rape upon the…