Schwartz v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, assigns numerous errors relied upon for a reversal of the judgment of conviction. All have received careful consideration, but to treat them seriatim would unduly prolong this opinion and serve no purpose except to swell the surfeit of commonplace legal literature. But one assignment of error seems to be of sufficient importance to justify discussion.

Upon rebuttal, three witnesses testified to the bad reputation of defendant for chastity and morality in the community where he lived. Upon cross-examination each witness admitted that she hád…