Beverly v. State

In his motion for a rehearing herein the appellant has narrowed his complaints down to practically one question, and that is the failure upon the part of the trial court to limit the testimony relative to the appellant's reputation as peaceable and law-abiding to the question of a suspended sentence only.

It is to be noted that appellant offered in evidence testimony as to his being a quiet and inoffensive negro, and as to honesty and fair dealing, and such testimony seemed to have taken rather a wide latitude, many of the witnesses basing their testimony alone on the proposition that…