Case Name: Hall v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-04-17
Citations: 17 Ga. App. 805
Docket Number: 7116
Parties: Hall v. The State.
Judges: Russell, O. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 805–805

Head Matter:
7116.
Hall v. The State.
Decided April 17, 1916.
Indictment for sale of liquor; from Ben Hill superior court— Judge George. November 16, 1915.
George F. Gober, J. II. Dodgen, W. I. Heyward, for plaintiff in error.
Joseph B. Wall, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Wade, J.
1. It is immaterial whether, in overruling the ground of the motion for a new trial relating to alleged newly discovered evidence, the trial judge based his ruling upon his estimate as to the credibility and value of that evidence in the light of a counter-showing by the State, since the evidence was merely impeaching in character, and it is a well-settled rule that newly discovered evidence tending merely to impeach a witness for the State is not a sufficient cause for the grant of a new trial.
2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the trial judge did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Russell, O. J., absent.