Dillard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Dillard v. State, 131 Ga. 500 (Ga. 1908)
62 S.E. 705; 1908 Ga. LEXIS 131
Atkinson
Dillard v. State
Opinion of the Court
1. The verdict was supported by the evidence.
2. Where, in a criminal case, one ground of a motion for new trial was based on newly discovered evidence of a witness who would testify to facts in conflict with evidence introduced by the State, and in Ms affidavit in support of the ground the movant showed- that he knew of the presence of the witness at the scene of the homicide, and that the witness had seen the difficulty, but that movant had forgotten Ms name, and did not know of his whereabouts until he was informed
Judgment affirmed.
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