Shipp v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Under an indictment for murder appellant was convicted of manslaughter, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

At what period of time testimony of a prosecution for an act of the accused which is discrediting to his veracity becomes too remote to warrant its receipt in evidence seems to the writer one that cannot be arbitrarily determined by the courts. Entering into the relevancy of such testimony there would seem to be many circumstances. For example, the period of the life of the accused at which the discrediting act took place…