State v. Jones

Appellant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny. One Judd Wilson had already been convicted of the same offense, and sentenced to the penitentiary. He was brought from the penitentiary and sworn as a witness for the state at the trial. When upon the witness stand, he was asked on cross-examination to give his true name, after he had admitted that “Judd Wilson” was an assumed name. An objection to this question was sustained; this is assigned as error.

No authorities are cited by counsel that in any way aid hs in the determination of this question, nor have we been able to find any. It…