Cox v. State

ON REHEARING.

March 28, 1917.

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

In a motion for rehearing appellant urges error in the opinion heretofore affirming the judgment. We deem it unnecessary to restate the question urged in the motion. Appellant’s general reputation for character was placed in issue. The State was permitted to show that he had been charged with perjury, and twice convicted in the same case. When appellant, in reply to queries, stated that he had been charged but acquitted of perjury, the matter should have stopped, and appellant’s objection to further inquiry should have been sustained.…