People v. Dabney

Plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court of Mason county upon the charge of assault with intent to murder Thomas Cavanaugh, a police officer in Mason City. He was found guilty. Motion for a new trial was made, urging, among other grounds, discovery of new evidence. This motion was denied and plaintiff in error was sentenced on the verdict. He brings the cause here for review, urging, first, that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence; second, that it was error to deny the motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence; third, error in the admission of…