Case Name: CULBERSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1919-11-04
Citations: 24 Ga. App. 352
Docket Number: 10852
Parties: CULBERSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, G. J., and Buhe, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 352–353

Head Matter:
10852.
CULBERSON v. THE STATE.
Where a motion for a new trial is based only on the usual general grounds, this court can not intei'fero with the judgment of the trial judge overruling the motion, if there is any evidence, however slight, to support the verdict.
Decided November 4, 1919.
Indictment for possession of intoxicating liquor; from Harris superior court—Judge Howard. July 36, 1919.
J. B. Burnside, for plaintiff in error.
G. F. McLaughlin, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
"In this ease the motion for a new trial contained only the usual general grounds. There was some slight evidence authorizing the verdict; and the verdict having been approved by the trial judge, under the repeated and uniform rulings of this court and of the Supreme Court" a reviewing court is powerless to interfere. When the verdict is apparently decidedly against the weight of the evidence, the trial judge has a wide discretion as to granting or refusing a new trial; but whenever there is any evidence, however slight, to support a verdict which has been approved by the trial judge, this court is absolutely without authority to control the judgment of the trial court." Bradham v. State, 21 Ga. App. 510 (94 S. E. 618), and cases cited.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, G. J., and Buhe, J., concur.