State v. Strickland

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes :

The facts relating to this appeal are sufficiently stated in the order of the Honorable E. D. Eide, presiding Judge, dated at Allendale on April 16, 1940, which will be reported, so it is unnecessary to repeat them.

The granting or refusal of a motion for a new trial made upon the ground of after-discovered evidence is largely within the sound discretion of the Circuit Judge and his decision thereon will not be disturbed in the absence of a showing of abuse of discretion, amounting to manifest error of law. See the South…