HAWKINS, Justice.
1. The general rule is that, on a prosecution for a particular crime, evidence which in any manner shows or tends to show that the accused has committed another crime wholly independent from that for which he is on trial, even though it be a crime of the same sort, is irrelevant and inadmissible. Code, § 38-202. Cawthon v. State, 119 Ga. 395, 396 (46 S. E. 897); Merritt v. State, 168 Ga. 753 (149 S. E. 46). While...
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