Yarbrough v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lee Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. Fed Yarbrough, defendant in the court below, was indicted, tried, and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person.
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Appeal from Lee Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. Fed Yarbrough, defendant in the court below, was indicted, tried, and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. On the trial, on cross-examination of a witness examined on behalf of the State, the defendant, after showing by the testimony of the witness that his feelings were unkind to the defendant, asked him whether he had not said, a short time prior to the trial, to one of defendant’s counsel, that he would give $1,000 to send the defendant to the penitentiary. To this question the State objected, the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
As affecting credibility, it is permissible, on cross-examination, to inquire of a witness concerning his relations to the parties, or to the subject-matter of controversy, or as to the feelings of sympathy, or partiality, or hostility which he may entertain, or may have expressed towards the *377party introducing bim, or against whom he is introduced. If the witness, as in the present case, admits that he is unfriendly, or that his feelings are not kind to the party against whom he is called, the degree of his unkindness, or want of friendly feeling ought to be made known , to the jury; for the…
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