State v. Jarrow

Defendant, convicted of murder without capital punishment, has appealed, and complains of the overruling of a motion for a new trial by the judge a quo. This motion is based upon two grounds:

1. That the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, and that the only verdict, according to the facts in the case, should be a verdict of not guilty, or a verdict of manslaughter.

We have repeatedly held that the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in criminal cases is confined to questions of law, and does not extend to questions of sufficiency of the evidence upon which a defendant was convicted,…