Cohen v. State

Cohen was indicted for murder; was tried and found guilty. He submitted a motion for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to the law and against the principles of justice and equity, and because the court erred in certain instructions to the jury, which are specified. The motion was overruled, and he excepted. In relation to the general grounds of the motion, it is sufficient to say that the evidence showed the homicide to have been murder without any excuse, and unaccompanied with any circumstances of mitigation. The special grounds of the motion are that the court erred…