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Excerpt from The American State Reports, Vol. 67: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" And the "American Reports," Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States Assault and battery - evidence OF character -cross-examination. - If a man is charged with assault and battery upon a woman, and she, upon his trial, testifies that he came to her house during the absence of her husband, and said to her: I want you to be mine and let me do what I want to with you, and that he approached her, put his arms around her, and started with her toward a bed, when she got loose from him, he is guilty as charged, it such testimony is true; and, it he introduces evidence of his good character, it is proper, on the examination of witnesses who testify to his good character, to bring out the fact that his general character for running after women is bad. Sollie Kirkland, for the appellant. William C. Fitts, attorney general, for the state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.