Dominick v. State

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

Dominick was convicted of arson, in January. At the following March term of the superior court, he made a motion for a new trial. The motion being an extraordinary one, the ground of newly discovered evidence is the only one that is important. This newly discovered evidence consisted mainly of declarations made by some of the State’s witnesses, tending to show *716that they committed the offence, and had conspired to accuse Dominick. The judge of the superior court who tried the case and who heard the motion, having denied a new trial, this court is not disposed to…