Grissett v. State

The evidence in this case was largely circumstantial, but the evidence tended to connect the defendant with the possession of the still, and was sufficient to authorize the jury in returning a verdict of guilt. Where this is the case, this court will not disturb the jury's finding.

The presumptions given by appellate courts in favor of the judgments of lower courts on motion for a new trial, where the evidence is ore tenus, is not affected by Acts 1915, p. 722. Hackett v. Cash, 196 Ala. 403, 72 So. 52; McSwean v. McSwean, 204 Ala. 663, 86 So. 646; Mallory S. S. Co. v. Druhan, 16 Ala. App. 438,…