Anderson v. State

Appellant was convicted in the circuit court of Coahoma county of the murder of one Zack Carson. Under his plea of self-defense, he undertook to testify as to the general reputation of the deceased for peace or violence. This testimony, together with that of other witnesses to the same effect, was objected to and excluded. The exclusion of this testimony is the only serious question presented for decision on this appeal.

The testimony discloses that about -two weeks before the killing, the deceased drove his taxicab into a filling station where appellant was at work, and ran against the heel…