Carter v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before the Hon. John R. Tyson. The facts of this case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Stitzv. State, 104 Ind. 359 ; Castle v. State, 75 Ind. 146 ; Clem v. State, 42 Ind. 420; 19 Amer. & Eng. Encyc. of Law, 1080. The charge of the court as to good character was proper.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before the Hon. John R. Tyson. The facts of this case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Stitzv. State, 104 Ind. 359 ; Castle v. State, 75 Ind. 146 ; Clem v. State, 42 Ind. 420; 19 Amer. & Eng. Encyc. of Law, 1080. The charge of the court as to good character was proper. Jackson v. State, 94 Ala. 85; Gibson v. State, 89 Ala. 121. The charges asked by defendants as to each of the jurors being satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt to justify a conviction were properly refused. — Carpenter v. State, 98 Ala. 32; Hughes…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The defendants, Wm. Carter and Major Gibson, were tried and convicted for the larceny of a hog. Win. Carter testified as a witness in his own behalf, giving evidence tending to exculpate himself. The State introduced a witness who testified that Carter’s character was bad for truth.' The other defendant was not impeached, but he gave evidence of his good general character for honesty. The court instructed the jury *94that, “the evidence of a defendant’s good character is not evidence of his truthfulness as a witness.” Carter did not reserve an exception to this instruction, but Gibson did. No…
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