Yates v. State

Mitchell, J.:

At the Fall Term, 1889, of Osceola Circuit Court, the plaintiff in-error, Tames Yates, Jr., was tried, con*486victed and sentenced to death for the murder of one M. H. Mitchell, and the case comes here upon writ of error.

There is but one error assigned: “ That the Court erred in denying the motion of the defendant for a new trial, on the grounds set forth in said motion.”

The grounds of the motion for new trial are:

1. Because the jury found contrary to law, and against the law.

2. Because the jury found contrary to the evidence, and against the evidence, and against the weight of…