State v. Young

This was a motion to suspend an appeal until appellants, who had been convicted of murder, could move before the Circuit Court for a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence. Affidavits were submitted, showing ignorance by counsel and parties until after trial, the use of due diligence, and the newly discovered evidence, to wit, the affidavit of a person which declared that deceased was killed by deponent, and by him alone.

The court, saying, “In a similar application yesterday, in the case of Archer v. Long (ante p. 588), it was stated what is required of appellants on such…