Brooks v. State

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter under an indictment charging him with culpable negligence in the operation of an automobile upon the highway. There is no error in the giving or refusing .of instructions. There was no error in examining appellant as a witness touching former convictions of crime. ’ As impeachment a witness may be interrogated both as to fact of conviction and the identity of the crime. Peacock v. State, Miss., 174 So. 582. A defendant when used as a witness in his own behalf is within the rule. Appellant assigns further that the verdict is against the overwhelming…