5 Utah 621 | Utah | 1888
The defendant was convicted, in the third district court, of the crime of polygamy. He made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled. Judgment was passed, and he appeals to this court from the order overruling his motion for a new trial, and from the judgment.
The motion for a new trial was made upon the ground that the evidence did not justify the verdict. The jury are the judges of the facts, and in order to justify this court in reversing the order refusing a new trial it must appear that there was an entire absence of evidence, or that the evidence so clearly preponderates in favor of the