Jones v. State
Jones v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
There is no objection to the practise of joining in one indictment-counts for separate misdemeanors. Under the indictment in this case the defendant, upon sufficient evidence, might have been con
The question put by the defendant to the witness Brooks, on cross-examination, was in reference to a collateral and immaterial matter. Whether he had or had not made the declaration specified Avas wholly irrelevant, and neither tended to contradict any statement he had made in testifying nor to show bias against the accused. Under such circumstances, the defendant was bound by the reply made by the witness.
The judgment is affirmed.
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- 1. Criminal Procedure. Indictment. Joinder of misdemeanors. There is no-objection to the practice of joining in one indictment counts for separate misdemeanors. 2. Same. Distinct charges. Conviction. Motion in arrest. Under an indictment which charges selling liquor to a minor in one count, and unlawful retailing in another, when there is a general verdict of guilty as charged, a motion in arrest of judgment will not prevail, for, looking alone to the’record, this means guilty of both offenses. 3. Same. Motion for new trial. Sentence on one count. In such case if the court, looking at the whole case, on motion for a new trial, discovers that the evidence is sufficient to uphold the conviction on one count, and insufficient as to the other, it is proper to impose sentence accordingly. 4. Same. Certainty. Sentence properly imposed. On such a conviction there is no uncertainty either in the verdict or the sentence. Nor can the defendant complain that the verdict is broader than is warranted by the evidence, since the punishment is confined to the offense of which he was properly convicted. 5. Witkess. Contradiction. Irrelevant matters. If the defendant cross-examines a witness in reference to matter which is collateral and immaterial; and which does not tend to show bias against the accused, he is bound by the answer of the witness, who can not be contradicted in relation thereto.