State v. Weathers

Statement.

MONROE, J.

1. Defendant, being on trial upon a charge of shooting with intent to murder, reserved a bill of exception to the refusal of the trial judge to permit him to prove the character of the man who was shot “and crimes which he had committed before the time of the shooting,” for which refusal the judge gives his reasons, in substance, as follows;

That it had been shown by testimony offered on behalf of the state that as Red Bailey (the man who was shot) was making up a game of cards defendant came upon him, and, presenting a pistol, demanded money of which he said Bailey had…