State v. Mann

The appellant was indicted for having bet money “ at a certain gambling device called rondeau.” There was a verdict of guilty; and the defendant thereupon moved the Court “to set aside and arrest the judgment, and grant Mm a new trial,” for several causes assigned; viz: 1st. Want of proof of the identity of the accused. 2nd. Insufficiency of evidence. 3rd. Error in the charge of the Court, and 4th. Insufficiency in the indictment. The motion was overruled. The counsel for the appellant has treated the motion, in argument, as a motion for a new trial; and, consequently, that it cannot properly…