State v. Gunn

Citations

• 85 Wash. 121
• 147 P. 401
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1259

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Evidence—Similar Offenses — Admissibility. In a prosecution for larceny based upon the deposit in bank of checks drawn hy defendant on another bank in which he had no funds, the defendant assuming to be a man of means and negotiating for the purchase of a majority of the capital stock of the bank in which the fictitious deposit was made, evidence of a prior similar transaction in which the defendant attempted to purchase another hank, hut was not able to consummate it on account of his financial inability, was admissible on the grounds of showing intent and as bearing on his inability to deposit funds in the bank on which his checks were drawn before the latter could be presented for payment.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Reception of Evidence — Objection. Where testimony in a criminal prosecution might be admissible for some purpose, error cannot be predicated upon its admission over a general objection which states no grounds therefor, and when no motion was interposed to strike the testimony because not properly connected with the transaction in controversy.</p>