State v. Fountain

The accused was charged, in an indictment, with the crime of hog stealing. After arraignment, plea, and assignment, he was, in due course, tried and convicted of the crime charged. A motion for a new trial was filed, heard, and overruled, and a bill of exceptions was reserved to this ruling. This is the only bill in the record.

After sentence, the accused appealed, and he relies, for a reversal of the verdict, upon the following grounds alleged in his motion for a new trial, viz.: That the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence; that, in the overt act of taking the hogs, the accused…