Melton v. State

On Rehearing.

On cross-examination of defendant the solicitor was allowed to ask this question: “Were you living at the same place at the time they went there and found all that whisky in your barn?” This question was objected to, objection was overruled, and exception reserved. The solicitor was also allowed to ask defendant on cross-examination: “At the time you shot your brother down there, were you living” (at the same place). Objection and exception to this question was taken. The court overruled the objection on the theory that the evidence tended to fix time and place of the offense for…