Thompson v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The defendant was convicted on December 6, 1950. On February 22, 1951, Virginia Pressley made an affidavit to the effect that her testimony on the trial of the case was false and was made at the instance of certain State and county authorities, and that in fact the defendant had never solicited any acts of prostitution for her nor received any money from her. The second ground of the amended motion for a new trial urges that because of this affidavit a new trial should be granted on the ground of newly discovered evidence. However, this special ground fails…