129 Mich. 627 | Mich. | 1902
Respondent borrowed $15 from’ one Samuel J. Gier, and assigned to said Gier, as security therefor, a
The prosecution, in order to show criminal intent, was permitted to introduce evidence of five other transactions where the respondent had borrowed small sums of money and had assigned other notes as collateral security. In some of the cases no representations were made, and in others there was no testimony to show that the representations which were made were false. There was nothings in any of these cases tending to show any criminal conduct, and therefore they were inadmissible to show criminal intent in the case which was upon trial.
For this error the conviction must be reversed, and new trial ordered.