Manning v. State

The first assignment of error is that the verdict is contrary to the .evidence. When, as here, there is sufficient evidence to escape a peremptory charge, the validity of the verdict may not be assailed, as being against the weight of the credible evidence in the absence of a motion for a new trial; and no such motion was made in this case. The reasons for this rule were fully set forth in Justice v. State, 170 Miss. 96, 154 So. 265.

The second assignment is that the court erred in permitting certain evidence in rebuttal. No reversible error on this account appears here, under the particular…