State v. Lynch

Pennewill, C. J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

It is unnecessary to refer to the first, second and third reasons assigned for granting a new trial except in a general way. The evidence produced at the trial respecting the defendant’s guilt was sufficient, if believed by the jury, to warrant the verdict they rendered. The verdict was not‘against the law. The evidence' showing that the killing was done in self-defense was contradicted by the two witnesses who testified for the State and who swore they were eye witnesses of the fight.

The fourth reason urged for a new trial, is that the…