Georgia Court of Appeals, 1920

Lloyd v. State

Lloyd v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 15, 1920 · Bloodworth
26 Ga. App. 81; 105 S.E. 384; 1920 Ga. App. LEXIS 285

Lloyd v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bloodworth, J.

1. “ This court, hy the constitutional amendment creating it, is limited in jurisdiction to the correction oí errors in law alone, and therefore has no power to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict is strongly contrary to the weight of evidence, if there is any evidence at all to support it.” Collins v. Broom, 21 Ga. App. 420 (1) (94 S. E. 645), and cases cited.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, G. J., mid Luke, J., concur. I. J. Bussell, for plaintiff in error,cited: Penal Code (1910), §§ 715, 716; Ga. App. Reports, 13/10(2); Id. 586(1); 15/642; 16/216; 17/752; 18/700, 702.

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