Michell v. Payne

Eelton, J..

“To render alleged newly discovered evidence available as cause for a new trial, it should appear that the evidence itself is newly discovered, not merely that certain named witnesses by whom the facts can be proved were unknown until after the trial.” Burgess v. State, 93 Ga. 304 (20 S. E. 331); Jinks v. State, 117 Ga. 714 (44 S. E. 814); Hubbard v. State, 57 Ga. App. 856 (197 S. E. 64); Watson v. State, 63 Ga. App. 252 (10 S. E. 2d, 717); Edge v. State, 200 Ga. 258 (36 S. E. 2d, 673); Wright v. State, 49 Ga. App. 342 (175 S. E. 487). It therefore follows, on the foregoing…