Commonwealth v. Kline

Stevens, J.,

The defendant was indicted upon four bills containing various charges arising out of an automobile accident. He was acquitted in three of the cases, but the costs were placed upon him. In the other, charging assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery, he was convicted. He has filed a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, setting forth the same reasons, five in number, in support thereof.

Three of the reasons filed are to the effect that the verdict was against the evidence, the weight of the evidence and the law. A careful review of the testimony leads us to…