Rockmore v. State

Rockmore was fouud guilty of. the murder of Jewett Smith, and sentenced to be hung. Tie moved for a new trial, and his motion was overruled. The motion contained the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, and was decidedly and strongly against the weight of evidence, there being a reasonable doubt sufficient to change the form of the verdict; and that the court erred in charging: “ In reference, gentlemen-of the jury, to that former difficulty, all the effect it can have in the law is to throw light upon what transpired at the time the killing took place. What took place…