State v. Burke
State v. Burke
Opinion of the Court
, Defendant was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $30 and costs and to serve 30 days in jail for violating Act No. 39 of 1921 (Ex. Sess.), known as the “Hood Bill.” The charge is that he “did willfully and unlawfully have and possess intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes.”
The first bill of exception is to the overruling by the trial court of a motion for a new trial. The motion alleges that the verdict of the court is contrary to the law and evidence, and, further:
“That a carpenter, Will Harris, who was working near the building in which the whisky is supposed to.have'been found, will testify, if defendant is granted a new trial, that the boy from whom the whisky was taken did not come out of the house of defendant with the whisky; that this is newly discovered evidence and should be heard by the court.”
The second bill of exception is to the overruling of a motion in arrest of judgment. It is alleged that Act No. 39 of 1921 is unconstitutional, for the reason that said act attempts to adopt, by reference, a definition of intoxicating liquors as contained in federal legislation. This question was disposed of adversely to the contention of defendant in the case of E. C. Coco (our No. 25226) 92 South. 883,
The conviction and sentence are affirmed.
Ante p. 241.
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- (Syllabus by Editorial Staff.) 1. Criminal law Where a motion for new trial for alleged newly discovered evidence was not sworn to, and there was no affidavit from the newly discovered witness or proof of any kind that he would testify as claimed, or showing that defendant was not aware of»the testimony before trial, or exercised any diligence, and the newly discovered testimony would only be cumulative, the motion was properly overruled. 2. Criminal law Motions for new trial are addressed largely to the discretion of the presiding judge, and his denial of the motion will not be disturbed unless manifest error is shown.