Wilson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for larceny; from Coffee superior court—Judge , Quiñcey. September 12, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
1. An affidavit from one of the State’s witnesses, declaring that her testimony given upon the trial was false, is not cause for a new trial. Clark v. State, 117 Ga. 254 (8) (43 S. E. 853) ; reaffirmed, on review, in Jordan v. State, 124 Ga. 417 (52 S. E. 768).
2. The affidavits submitted in support of that ground of the motion for a new trial which was based upon alleged newly discovered evidence, being met by a counter-showing which contradicted the truth of the alleged newly discovered testimony, it can not be said that the judge abused his discretion in refusing to grant a new trial.…
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