Court Opinion

ID: 3220267
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 15:57:07.568345+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:51.511520
License: Public Domain

The issue was simple and clearly defined by the presiding judge.
The question to Hall, a witness for the state: "Didn't he (Kyser) tell you that they were down there in Mr. Barlow's pasture and you said that she was twenty-one and could take care of herself?" called for hearsay testimony and matters res inter alios acta.
The question to defendant's witness, Barrington: "In fact she was knocking about a good deal with Bibb (Kelley) that summer, wasn't she?" calls for a conclusion. Moreover, the witness had already testified to the association of Kelley and prosecutrix, giving dates and facts, and the answer to the above question could have added nothing to his testimony.
The question asked defendant's witness Godwin: "After Bibb Kelley moved to Florida did you have a conversation with Virgie Lee Hall about Bibb Kelley sending her money to go down there?" may or may not have been relevant, but its relevancy is not made to appear by this record, and this court will not enter into the realm of speculation in order to find error.
Other exceptions to the introduction of evidence are clearly free from prejudicial error.
The evidence is in irreconcilable conflict, as is usually the case in proceedings of this character. The law places the responsibility of weighing the evidence on the jury, and there we leave it. The court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Let the judgment be affirmed.
Affirmed.