Williams v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

The State moves for a rehearing, insisting, in substance, that the appellant having injected into this case, by his own sworn statement as a witness, that he had not been arrested or indicted before Christmas, and that this issue being raised, the State had the right to bring the witness Bland, justice of the peace, and have him read and testify from his docket the record of appellant’s arrest and conviction for three misdemeanors, none of which were of such kind as to impute moral turpitude. - It will be noted that the State drew this testimony out of…