Lawhorn v. State

Sim Lawhorn was indicted for the murder of S. S. Monk by-shooting him with a pistol. The jury found him guilty, with a recommendation that he-be punished by life imprisonment in the penitentiary; and he was accordingly sentenced by the court. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on the usual general grounds, and subsequently amended it by adding two grounds. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted.

1. Error is assigned because the court refused a new trial in view of newly discovered evidence. It appears that the newly discovered evidence was not only cumulative, but from…