Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. New trial. Witnesses. Newly discovered evidence. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1872. ' For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of larceny after a trust delegated. On the trial, the defendant was found guilty. A motion for a new trial was made on the ground of error in the charge of the Court, and on the ground of newly discovered evidence, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted. The alleged error in .the charge of the Court is, “that every witness in ¿he case is to be believed until impeached in some one of the modes known to the law. A jury cannot arbitrarily, of their own motion, set aside the evidence of any witness; the presumption of…
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