Simmons v. State

Simmons, Justice.

Simmons was indicted for the Crime of murder in Monroe superior court, and on the trial the jury found him guilty with a recommendation to imprisonment for life. He made a motion for a new trial upon the several grounds contained, therein, which was overruled by the court and he excepted. The first and second grounds are the usual ones, that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and without evidence to support it. The third and fourth grounds are the main ones relied upon here for a reversal of the judgment of the court below, and are as follows :

“ 3d. Because the court…