Crim v. Sellars
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion for new trial. Constitutional law. Before Judge Johnson. Schley Superior Court. October Term, 1869. This case was before this Court at December Term, 1867. The Judgment was affirmed: Crim v. Sellars, 37th Georgia Reports, 324. In October, 1869, Crim’s counsel produced the brief of evidence which is fully reported in 37th Georgia Reports, 324, et seq., and moved, under the 6th Section of the 11th Article of the Constitution of 1868, for a new trial upon the ground that…
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Motion for new trial. Constitutional law. Before Judge Johnson. Schley Superior Court. October Term, 1869. This case was before this Court at December Term, 1867. The Judgment was affirmed: Crim v. Sellars, 37th Georgia Reports, 324. In October, 1869, Crim’s counsel produced the brief of evidence which is fully reported in 37th Georgia Reports, 324, et seq., and moved, under the 6th Section of the 11th Article of the Constitution of 1868, for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was strongly and decidedly against the evidence and contrary to law. The Court refused a new trial, and…
1Opinion of the Court
*WARNER, J.
The error assigned to the judgment of the Court below is, the overruling the motion for a new trial. The motion for a new trial was made under the provisions of the 6th Section of the 11th Article of the Constitution of 1868, on the ground, that the verdict of the jury was illegal, as being decidedly, and strongly against the weight of the evidence. According to the repeated rulings of this Court, in order to make the verdict illegal on the ground claimed by the plaintiff in error, it must have been rendered without evidence to support it, or so decidedly and strongly against the…
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