Case ID: ga_135/html/0312-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Lumpkin, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Dukes, alias Shack, v. The State.
    November 15, 1910.
    Indictment for murder. 'Before Judge Edwards. Polk superior court. June 27, 1910.
    
      I. Felion Mundy, for plaintiff in error. II. A. Hall, aUorneygeneral, and W. K. Fielder, solicitor-general, contra.
   Lumpkin, J.

1. There was no abuse' of discretion in refusing to grant a continuance.

2. The newly discovered evidence was not such as to require a new trial.

3. The verdict was supported by the evidence, and there was no abuse of discretion in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.