Loughbidge v. State

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence are addressed largely to the discretion of the trial judge,, and his order refusing a new trial on such grounds will not be reversed unless it is made to appear that the trial judge has abused his discretion. Hall v. State, 141 Ga. 7 (3) (80 S. E. 307); Frank v. State, 142 Ga. 617 (83 S. E. 233).

In this case the deceased was shot and killed while in an automobile with H. H. Humphries, who identified Loughridge as the killer. The testimony of Humphries shows that he rode in the car *131with…