State v. Shields
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL PROM ST. LOUIS CRIMINAL COURT. 1. Evidence of general bad character of a witness is competent, to impeach him. The court there, erred in refusing to allow the inquiry to be made of Ferguson a witness of the State. -1 Hill, 251; 2 Cowen & Hill, 767 ; Wike v. Lightner, 11 Serg. & Rawle, 190 ; Evans v. Smith, 5 Monroe, 863. 2. Evidence of the bad character of a witness for. chastity, is also admissible in impeachment of such witness.
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APPEAL PROM ST. LOUIS CRIMINAL COURT. 1. Evidence of general bad character of a witness is competent, to impeach him. The court there, erred in refusing to allow the inquiry to be made of Ferguson a witness of the State. -1 Hill, 251; 2 Cowen & Hill, 767 ; Wike v. Lightner, 11 Serg. & Rawle, 190 ; Evans v. Smith, 5 Monroe, 863. 2. Evidence of the bad character of a witness for. chastity, is also admissible in impeachment of such witness. Evans v. Smith, 5 Monroe, 363. 3. It was error in the court to refuse to tell the jury that the defendant had a right to go to the house of Mrs. King, for…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
Shields was prosecuted before a justice of the peace for an assault and battery, upon one Mary A. King, and being convicted and fined, appealed to the Criminal Court. Upon the trial before the Criminal Court, the principal witness for the prosecution was Mary A. King. And upon the cross-examination of another witness for the prosecution, the witness was asked by the defense : “ Do you know the general character of Mary A. King, the prosecuting witness ? ” This question was objected to; and the objection *166sustained. Tlie witness was tlien asked, if he knew her general character for chastity,…
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