Baggett v. State

Will Baggett was convicted of the larceny of twenty-five cords of pine poles. It appears from the record that he duly filed the customary form of a motion for a new trial, and that he subsequently amended it by adding a special ground based upon alleged newly discovered evidence, but that he never filed any brief of evidence. In his brief counsel for the plaintiff in error says: “As to what evidence was adduced on the trial, counsel is not able to say, as he did not represent the defendant, but the record does disclose that the defendant had no counsel in the court below. Why this was we can…