Case Name: KEVENEY v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-03-19
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 719
Docket Number: No. 124
Parties: KEVENEY v. STATE
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 719–719

Head Matter:
No. 731
KEVENEY v. STATE
Ohio Appeals, Henry County
No. 124.
March 19, 1923
'his opinion has not been published except in Abstract.
29 — CRIMINAL LAW.
Error — In exclusion of evidence, how may be ured in criminal cases, by subsequent testimony.
Reversal — A second time — 11577 GC. applies to ivil cases on weight of evidence permitted.
Attorneys — Denham, Kirkbride, Wilson & Me-abe and D. D. Donovan, for Keveney; J. J. Van-mbroek and W. W. Campbell, for State.

Opinion:
ÍICHARDS, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Keveney was convicted of stealing paint from a aint cai. On error proceedings in the Appeals juvt tne conviction was reversed on the ground hat the judgment was against the weight of the vidence. A second trial resulted likewise in a con-
In the trial a witness was called on behalf of Aveney and on cross-examination when asked if were not under indictment answered affimatively. e was then asked if it were not for obtaining om Keveney porperty stolen from the railroad, his question, over Keveney's objection, was an-wered in the affirmative. This was error for it" ívolved the inference that Keveney was guilty of reeny. But later Keveney took the stand and on oss-examination admitted that he was under four idictments in another county. This cured the ror which could now no longer be prejudicial.
Counsel for State argue that this court cannot .verse the judgment on the weight of the evidence second time. 11577 GC. which so provides applies civil cases, and has no reference to criminal pro-.edings. Judgment affirmed.