Brawner v. State

The first ground of the amended motion assigns error on the following testimony of Frank Atwood, Sheriff of Bartow County: “I don’t know which house Jim [defendant] slept in or ate in or lived in; I presume that he lived there [where the liquor was discovered]; that is from what other folks have said; that is the only way that any of us would know, is what we hear.” The defendant’s counsel objected on the ground that such testimony was hearsay. The court overruled this objection, and the solicitor asked the sheriff, “Do you know what the reputation in the community was as to where Jim Brawner…