State v. Locke

The only point made in this court for the reversal of the judgment is the overruling of the motion for a-new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

*604The defendant was indicted and convicted for passing counterfeit money. One witness testified that the defendant passed a counterfeit bill on the Bank of Belleville on a Saturday night, in the month of August, 1856. Another stated that he passed a similar bill on a Saturday night, in September, and a third testified that he offered to pass a like bill on a Sunday morning, in September, when he was arrested.

The affidavits filed in support…