People v. Amer

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for a new trial made by defendant after conviction of the crime of embezzlement of public funds while treasurer of Madera County. The language of the order granting the motion was such as to exclude insufficiency of the evidence as a ground of the action of the court. The trial court, according to the language of the order, granted the motion solely on the ground of misconduct of the district attorney in his closing argument to the jury. It is not claimed that there was any error of the trial-court in relation to the alleged misconduct. In…