State v. Gregory
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Gregory County. lion. Wxx,uam Wiluiamson, Judge. Defendant, J. H. Gregory, was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. Appellant, who was not a lawyer, undertook to defend himself on the trial of this action, and, as stated in his affidavit attached to the motion for new trial, he alleges that the' reason why he would not accept the appointment of the attorneys assigned to defend him was that they insisted that he should plead guilty.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Gregory County. lion. Wxx,uam Wiluiamson, Judge. Defendant, J. H. Gregory, was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. Appellant, who was not a lawyer, undertook to defend himself on the trial of this action, and, as stated in his affidavit attached to the motion for new trial, he alleges that the' reason why he would not accept the appointment of the attorneys assigned to defend him was that they insisted that he should plead guilty. (Page 16 of abstract). I refer to this feature of the case for the reason that I have an impression that this court will not hold the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, P. J.
The defendant was convicted of the stealing of two horses from one G. A. Brinkman near the town of Burke, Gregory county, S. D.; the stealing occurring some time after dark on October 3, 19x1. From the judgment of conviction and an order denying a new trial the defendant has appealed, assigning several alleged errors. The only assignment meriting any consideration is one assigning as error the order of the court denying a new trial, which order was asked for upon the ground of newly discovered evidence.
*430To get a clear understanding of the merits of this assignment, a knowledge of some of the…
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