Trussell v. State

Bell, Justice.

1. A witness for the State was permitted to testify: “I asked him [the defendant] to come up there and stay . . at the house and help me; and I told him, ‘If you will help me sell some whisky, if I have any money I will pay you.5 ” The defendant objected to this evidence on the ground that it put his character in issue, and was immaterial and prejudicial. In his statement the defendant told the jury that he was employed by the witness “for the purpose of selling whisky there at her house” at the time in question. In the circumstances, the admission of the evidence was not cause…