State v. Bulla
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. Silas Woodson, Judge. (1) The issue of character raised by the testimony-introduced by the defendant, was as to defendant’s character for truth and honesty, up to and before the' time the offence charged in the indictment was claimed to have'been committed, and the court should not have permitted the prosecution to inquire as to defendant ’ a moral character, and to bring that inquiry down to the time of the trial, and, thereby,…
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. Silas Woodson, Judge. (1) The issue of character raised by the testimony-introduced by the defendant, was as to defendant’s character for truth and honesty, up to and before the' time the offence charged in the indictment was claimed to have'been committed, and the court should not have permitted the prosecution to inquire as to defendant ’ a moral character, and to bring that inquiry down to the time of the trial, and, thereby, prove habits of drinking too much, and running after women. 3 Greenleaf’s Ev., sec. 25 ; 1 Greenleaf ’ s Ev., sec. 55 ;…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
The defendant was tried in the criminal court of Buchanan county on an indictment containing two counts, in the first of which he is charged with grand larceny in stealing a horse belonging to one Sampson, and in the seconcl of which he is charged with receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen. Defendant was acquitted on the first, and convicted on the second count, and from the judgment of conviction has appealed to this court.
I. It appears from the record that on the trial defendant offered himself as a witness, and was examined, and the state was then, over defendant’s…
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