Smith v. State

By information, appellant, F. M. Smith, and Carrol Sewell were jointly charged with unlawfully and feloniously having in their possession an “illicit still” on April 13,1951. Sewell, appellant’s accomplice, entered a plea of guilty, and appeared as a witness for the State at the trial of Smith. A jury found Smith guilty and fixed his punishment at a term of one year in the State Penitentiary. From the judgment is this appeal.

For reversal, appellant assigned eight alleged errors. He argues here only the second ground. “ (2) The court erred in permitting evidence as to the reputation of…