McCall v. State

1. Under repeated decisions of this court and of the

Supreme Court, each special ground of a motion for a new trial must be complete within itself; and when so incomplete as to require a reference to the brief of the evidence, or to some other portion of the record, in order to determine what was the alleged error and whether such error was material, the ground will not be considered by the reviewing court. Under this ruling the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 7th special grounds of the motion for a new trial will not be considered. Some of these grounds are also defective in other particulars.

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