Colvin

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him, and also from an order denying his motion *350 íor a new trial. He has been convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The grounds relied upon for reversal of the judgment and new trial are few, and not of serious importance.

The defendant and the deceased had been working at a logging camp. .The defendant, with his valise in his hand, preparatory' to leaving the camp, passed the house where deceased and his wife, who was a sister of defendant, were living. The sister appeared at the door as defendant was passing by and said: “Cass, this is the third time you are leaving; if I was you, I would stay.” This remark precipitated the trouble which resulted in the death of the woman’s husband a few minutes thereafter. As a witness for the prosecution she testified that she made the foregoing remark. Upon cross-examination defendant’s attorney asked:

In redirect examination by the prosecution the following occurred:

This evidence of the witness came before the jury under defendant’s objection. It is now claimed by the defendant that it tended to degrade and injure him in the minds of the jury, and…