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MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11093.

145 F.2d 823 (1944)

MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. S. Lewis, of Dothan, Ala., for appellant.

Hartwell Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant offered himself as a witness in his trial. He could lawfully be impeached as a witness by proof that he had been convicted of other felonies and could be himself interrogated about it. Williams v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 52; Gordon v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 53; Wheeler v. United States, 5 Cir., 293 F. 588; Pittman v. United States, 8 Cir., 42 F.2d 793; Fire Assn. of Philadelphia v. Weathered...

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