e., without fame or good report—was applied at common law to certain crimes, upon the conviction of which a person became incompetent to testify as a witness, upon the theory that a person would not commit so heinous a crime unless he: was so depraved as to be unworthy of credit. These crimes are treason, felony, and the crim— en falst. Abbott. A crime punishable by im-- prisonment in the state prison or penitentiary. with or without hard labor, is an infamous crime, within the provision of the fifth amendment of the constitution that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise: infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.’ Mackin v. U. S.,