Daniel Penny’s mom told Manhattan jurors Tuesday she tried to instill values of “honesty, humility and kindness” in her son — as other kin and pals continued to vouch for his character at his manslaughter trial.

Tuesday marked the first full day of the defense's case in the trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on board the subway last year.

Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant's older sister to the witness stand.