Blass v. People

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Las Animas county, of an assault with intent to commit murder. He comes here on error to review that judgment.

The contention that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction, and that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict at the close of the people’s case, is without merit.

The principal contention is that the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, which was predicated upon newly discovered evidence. The affidavit, bringing into the record the newly discovered…