Hicks v. State

The appellant was tried in the court below by the judge and without a jury; was adjudged guilty, and appealed to this court.

By express terms of the statute, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this state have appellate and supervisory jurisdiction of the court in which this case was tried, and the judge thereof. Local Acts 1927, p. 99, § 27, and where a ease has been tried by the judge of the court without the intervention of a jury; on appeal, we are to review the same without any presumption in favor of the court below, either on the rulings on the law, or conclusion on the evidence,…