Watson v. State

1. One ground of the motion for a new trial is based on alleged newly discovered evidence, and the affidavits introduced by the defendant and the State authorized the judge, as a trior of the facts, to find that the new witness was not worthy of credit and belief; that the defendant had not used due diligence; and that the alleged newly discovered evidence was not available as a cause for a new trial, because it did not appear that the evidence was newly discovered, but that a certain new witness by whom the facts could be proved was unknown until after the trial. The judge did not err in…