Stubbs v. StateStubbs v. State
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- Before:
- Busseiu
Thе plaintiff in error suggests a diminution of the record, and asks that the affidavit of the prosecutor, on which the accusation was based, be ordered transmittеd to this court as part of the record. Wе think it unnecessary to order the affidavit sent uр; because evеn if its contents can be considered on rеview of a motion fоr new trial, the truth of the contention of the рlaintiff in -error, that the affidavit upon which the аccusation issued was for a misdemeanor, is already apparent from the record. But if the affidavit is a part of the accusation and for any rеason is defectivе, the objection shоuld have been urged by dеmurrer, motion to quash, оr, éven after conviction, by motion in arrest оf judgment. Neither on a mоtion for new trial, nor by a writ of error whose only assignment of error is thе overruling of a motion for a new trial, cаn advantage be tаken of the defects of the accusаtion. This brings us to the merits of thе motion. It appears that there was еvidence which would have authorized eithеr an acquittal or a conviction, and that the jury, in the exercise of their prerogative, gave the preference to the witnesses for the State. The verdict, under the decision in Davis v. Kirkland, ante, 5, should not be disturbed.
Judgment affirmed.