Ghent v. State

Appellant has filed a motion for rehearing in which he earnestly insists that we erred in holding that proof of the general reputation of deceased was admissible, contending that he had made no attack on deceased in that respect. If not, of course, it would be error to admit evidence as to the general reputation of deceased. But is he correct in saying he made no attack on deceased as a peaceable, law-abiding citizen? If appellant was making no attack on the reputation of the deceased as a peaceable, law-abiding man, why does he testify that Sheriff Crane told him that "Jernigan (deceased)…