State v. Shuff

FOURNET, Justice.

The defendant, O. B. Shuff, having been convicted of the larceny of one heifer, prosecutes this appeal from his conviction and sentence, relying for the reversal thereof on seven bills of exception, the last having been reserved to the ruling of the trial judge refusing to grant him a new trial. The motion for a new trial was based solely “upon the ground that the verdict of the Jury is contrary to the law and the evidence,” which allegation this court has consistently held presents nothing for review.

The assistant district attorney in making his opening statement to the jury…