Case Name: HANSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1924-04-16
Citations: 32 Ga. App. 58
Docket Number: 15279
Parties: HANSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, G. J., and Lulce, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 58–58

Head Matter:
15279.
HANSON v. THE STATE.
Where there is some slight evidence to support a verdict approved by the trial judge, his discretion in refusing to grant a new trial because of alleged insufficiency of evidence will not be interfered with by this court.
Decided April 16, 1924.
Conviction of manufacture of liquor; from Wilkes superior court — Judge Shurley. December 8, 1923.
Norman & Norman, for plaintiff in error.
M. L. Felts, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
"In this case the motion for a new (rial 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 when 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." Toole v. Jones, 19 Ga. App. 24 (90 S. E. 732). See also Tate v. State, 30 Ga. App. 35 (116 S. E. 541); Usry v. State, 30 Ga. App. 180 (117 S. E. 108); King v. State, 30 Ga. App. 181 (117 S. E. 119); Williams v. State, 24 Ga. App. 53 (2) (99 S. E. 711).
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, G. J., and Lulce, J., concur.