Mayson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Eoan. Fulton superior •court. December 5, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtAtKINSON, J.
1. One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial complains that “the sentence of ten years in said case is excessive.” This objection is one which goes to the judgment only,, and does not extend to the verdict, which the motion for a new trial seeks to set aside. That the error alleged affords no ground for setting aside a verdict and granting a new trial is well established by repeated rulings of this court. Truitt v. State, ante, 657; Bellinger v. State, 116 Ga. 545; McCollum v. State, 119 Ga. 308.
2. Another of the grounds of error complained of relates to a. refusal by the court to…
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