State v. Raney

HIGGINS, Justice.

The accused was indicted for the crime of murder and the jury returned a verdict of guilty without capital punishment. He filed a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The district judge refused to grant a new trial and defendant reserved a bill of exception. He was sentenced to the state penitentiary at hard labor for the remainder of his natural life and he appealed.

The newly discovered evidence is alleged to consist of the testimony which three proposed witnesses would give, in the event a new trial were granted. Annexed to the motion for a new…