Gordon v. State

The State has filed a motion for rehearing calling attention to the statement in our original opinion that, "We think that under the facts of this case he (appellant) was entitled to prove his reputation for truth and veracity," and urging that in this we fell into error. We think the State is correct in such contention. In Branch's Ann. Tex. P. C., p. 115, Sec. 184, appears the following:

"Proof of the general reputation of defendant or of any other witness for truth is not admissible where no attack has been made on the witness, but there is a mere contradiction between witnesses, or…