Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 15, 1920 (People v. Billick)

Per Curiam:

We think the trial court committed error in refusing to charge the jury, at the request .of the defendant, that evidence of good character may, of itself, create a reasonable doubt when without it none would exist; in refusing to charge the jury might in the exercise of sound judgment give the defendant the benefit of good character no matter how conclusive the other testimony might