Dobbs v. State

The accused was indicted, in nine counts, for the offense of bribery, was convicted on counts 1 and 6, and acquitted on the rest. He moved for a new trial on the general grounds and on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The exceptions here are to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial, and to the admitting of certain evidence in support of the State’s counter-showing with reference to the newly discovered evidence.

The first count charges, in brief, that while the accused was an alderman and member of the general council of the City of Atlanta, he accepted from one Lawrence…