Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren County. HoN. E. L. BkieN, Judge. S. H. Williams was convicted of larceny and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court was in error in sustaining the motion to exclude the testimony of Mr. Halpin and Mr. Calvin as shown on pages 47 and 48 of the record.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Warren County. HoN. E. L. BkieN, Judge. S. H. Williams was convicted of larceny and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court was in error in sustaining the motion to exclude the testimony of Mr. Halpin and Mr. Calvin as shown on pages 47 and 48 of the record. The assumption is that every man’s reputation for honesty and integrity is good and the very fact that these gentlemen had never heard his reputation discussed • would indicate that he bore a good reputation. He had been employed by them and they bad every opportunity of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellant was convicted in the court below of having stolen a sum of money from George Collins. He denied taking the money, and the verdict is supported solely by the uncorroborated testimony of Collins.
John Halpin, a former employer of the appellant and who had known him for six or eight years, testified that he knew the appellant’s reputation for honesty and integrity, and that it is good. On cross.-examination, he stated that he had never heard the appellant’s reputation *563discussed, hut that be personally knows his character to be good and based his statement that his reputation is good…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- French v. SaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- Sinclair v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1905