Supreme Court of Georgia, 1890

Patterson v. State

Patterson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided June 2, 1890 · Simmons
85 Ga. 609; 11 S.E. 876; 1890 Ga. LEXIS 112

Counsel

W. S. Humphreys, by brief, for plaintiff in error., Clifford Anderson, attorney-general, and D. W. Rountree, solicitor-general, for the State.

Patterson v. State

Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Justice.

The evidence was somewhat conflicting in this case. The jury believed the witnesses for the State. If their testimony is true, it is sufficient to authorize the finding of the jury; and the trial judge being satisfied with that finding, we cannot say that he committed error in overruling the motion for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, which was the only ground argued before us for a reversal of his judgment. Judgment affirmed.

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