Wilkerson v. State

Upon the trial of the canse, over the repeated objection of counsel for appellant, the state was per-mittel to prove by' a number of witnesses that the appellant had the general reputation in the community in which he resided of being a bootlegger. The question which we are called upon to decide is as to whether or not such' testimony is admissible as evidence in chief against a defendant, where the ■ defendant is upon trial charged with having in his possession intoxicating liquors with the intention of selling the saime.

Where a defendant is .upon trial for keeping a house. of ill fame or…