Case Name: Herndon vs. State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Ga. L. Rep. 263
Docket Number: 
Parties: Herndon vs. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 263–263

Head Matter:
Herndon vs. State.
J Murder, from Appí.ino. New trial. Practice in Superior Court. {Before JudgeMerslion.)
K. T. Williams ; G. J. Holton & Son, by brief, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Anderson, attorney general; J. I. Carter, solicitor general :. Spencer R. Atkinson, for the State.

Opinion:
Hall, J.
Newly discovered evidence, the only purpose of which is to impeach the principal witness for the State in a criminal prosecution, is not alone sufficient to require this court to overrule the discretion of the presiding judge in refusing a new trial.
(a) In such cases it would seem to be the safer course to sustain newly discovered witness by the affidavits of persons who know his character and who would testify to his uprightness. 68 Ga., 612.
(b) There is nothing in this record-which would justify an interference with the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.