State v. Dennis

The defendants were convicted of robbery. Their appeal presents only one bill of exceptions, in which they complain that the trial judge refused them a new trial, which they prayed for. on the ground that there was “no evidence whatever” to establish the crime, and that one of the jurymen slept a great part of the time during the trial.

The trial judge says in his per curiam that only fragments of the testimony adduced are annexed to the bill, and that the evidence as a whole established the guilt of both defendants “affirmatively, positively and beyond any reasonable doubt.” He says further…