People v. Lum Yit

Gibson, C.

— The respondent in this case was charged with and convicted of the crime of robbery. He moved for and obtained a new trial; from the order granting his motion, the people appeal.

The fourth and sixth of the several grounds upon which the motion was .based were, respectively, that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, and that material evidence had been newly discovered, which the defendant with reasonable diligence could not have found and produced at the trial:

In support of the motion upon the last ground, the respondent introduced the affidavits of six different persons. The…