Riley v. State

The appeal is from a conviction for murder without malice. The jury assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary.

It will not be necessary to state the facts of the case. The jury's verdict is sustained by the evidence. The one question presented by brief and oral argument relates to the bills of exception which complain of the action of the court in permitting the district attorney to ask appellant, upon cross examination, if he had not been convicted of a felony in Knox County about eight years prior to the time of the indictment in the instant case. The attorney for appellant…