State v. Perkins

Citations

• 112 Kan. 455
• 210 P. 1091
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 467

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Criminal Law — Exclusion of Immaterial Matters on Cross-examination. It is not reversible error to exclude immaterial matters on cross-examination.</p> <p>2. Same — Chattel Mortgage on Exempt Property — Not Signed by Wife — Purchase Price of Automobile — Mortgage Valid. A chattel mortgage on exempt personal property given to secure a note executed for the purchase price of the property is valid although not signed by the wife of the mortgagor, and a subsequent chattel mortgage on the same property executed to secure a renewal note to take up the first note is also valid although not signed by the wife of the mortgagor.</p> <p>3. Same — Concealment of Chattel-mortgaged Property — Requested Instructions. There was evidence which tended to prove that the defendant had concealed chattel-mortgaged property with the intent to defraud the mortgagee, and a requested instruction that the defendant be discharged was properly refused. '</p> <p>4. Same — Requested Instructions. A requested instruction, partly good and, partly bad, may be refused.</p> <p>5. Same — Evidence—Declarations of Defendant Made After Crime was Completed. Declarations by a chattel mortgagor charged with concealing the mortgaged property with the intent to defraud the mortgagee, made after the transaction constituting the crime had been completed, may be rejected when offered in evidence by the chattel mortgagor in his defense on the trial.</p>