State v. Bird

Tompkins, X,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Mingo Bird, the plaintiff in error, was indicted at the July term, last past, of the-Circuit Court of Madison county, for marking hogs, with intent to steal, and found guilty, and sentenced by the Court. The plaintiff in error moved for a new trial, which was refused, and to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court, he comes into this Court, and assigns, among other things, for error:

That the verdict is against evidence.

That the verdict is against the weight of evidence.

That the jury misbehaved.

It appears from the record, that Richard Walsh and…