Werner v. Rowley

It was conceded by counsel in open court that the Court of Appeals refused to review the weight of the evidence submitted in the trial court because it thought itself precluded from so doing by the decisions in the Trendel and Heil cases, supra.

Furthermore, the opinion of the Court of Appeals states that that court did not consider the weight of the evidence, because it felt itself precluded from so doing. We are therefore constrained to esamine the two eases referred to, for the purpose of determining whether the principle announced in those cases should be adhered to or overruled.

In the…