State v. . Ewing

Probably not wishing to risk the result of a new trial, the appellant contents himself with a demurrer to the evidence. A successful issue on that question would be equivalent to acquittal.

In the argument and in the brief, counsel for the appellant point out that the evidence is circumstantial, present the usual arguments against the conclusiveness of evidence of that character, with new angles, it is thought, applicable to the facts of the case. It is contended that the facts presented in evidence do not unerringly point to the corpus delicti, nor to the defendant as the guilty person, but…