Moss v. State

In August, 1930, Will Moss was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. This conviction was affirmed by this court on April 1, 1931. See Moss v. State, 43 Ga. App. 109 (158 S. E. 461). On May 7, 1931, the accused filed an extraordinary motion for a new trial, based largely upon alleged newly discovered evidence. The question presented is whether the trial judge erred in overruling this motion. Since most of the grounds of the motion concern alleged newly discovered evidence, we shall briefly advert to some of the accepted principles of law pertaining to such…