
    The State v. McLaughlin, Appellant.
    
    Under the present statute a defendant in a criminal case testifying in his own behalf, can be cross-examined only as to those matters referred to by him ir^j|je examination in chief.
    
      Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court.—Hon. H. P. White, Judge.
    Reversed.
    
      G. A. C. Rochester and C. J. Bower for appellant.
    
      
      D. H. McIntyre, Attorney General, for the State.
   Per Curiam.

The judgment in this case is reversed and the cause remanded, for error committed in allowing the prosecuting attorney to cross-examine defendant as to matters and crimes not testified to by him in his testimony in chief. R. S. 1879, § 1918; State v. McGraw, 74 Mo. 573. Other alleged errors are not passed upon.  