Case Name: GRANT v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1896-10-19
Citations: 100 Ga. 67
Docket Number: 
Parties: GRANT v. THE STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 67–67

Head Matter:
GRANT v. THE STATE.
Argued October 8,
Decided October 19, 1896.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Eisb. Sumter : superior court. May term, 1896.
E. E. '-Hinton, E. A. Nisbet and J. E. Watson, for plaintiff in error. J. M. Terrell, attorney-general, and ■ J. M. D'uPree, solicitor-general, by L. J. Blalock, contra.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, J.
1. When, in certifying concerning the correctness of the grounds of a motion for a new trial, the judge below explains or modifies its recitals of fact, this court, in arriving at a knowledge of whiat actually occurred, will be governed by tbe statements in the judge's certificate.
. 2. Pursuing this course in the present case at the October term, 1895, this court correctly arrived at the facts; and therefore, the application for a rehearing, based upon the ground that it failed to do so, is without merit. Were it otherwise, such application could not be entertained after the expiration of that term.
. 3. The "extraordinary" motion for a new trial, based upon alleged newly discovered evidence, when considered in connection with the counter-showing presented by the State, affords no legal canse for setting aside the original judgment.
Application for a rehearing in the original case denied.
Judgment in the present case affirmed.