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    "judges": [
      "Bunn, C. J., and Hughes, J., absent."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Battue, J.\nCharlie Jones was indicted for stealing cotton, and was convicted. He moved for a new trial because the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence, and because he had, since his trial, discovered evidence which impeaches the credibility of the principal witness that testified against him. The court overruled his motion, and he appealed.\nThe evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict in this court.\nIt has often been held by this court that, as a general rule, \u201cnewly discovered evidence that goes only to impeach the credit of a witness is no ground for a new trial.\u201d Wallace v. State, 28 Ark. 531; Minkwitz v. Steen, 36 Ark. 260; Campbell v. State, 38 Ark. 498; Walker v. State, 39 Ark. 221; Redman v. State, 40 Ark. 445; Foster v. State, 45 Ark. 328; Holt v. State, 47 Ark. 196; Hudspeth v. State, 55 Ark. 324. The newly discovered evidence in the case at bar is no exception to the general rule.\nJudgment affirmed.\nBunn, C. J., and Hughes, J., absent.",
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        "author": "Battue, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "H. F. Roleson, for appellant.",
      "G. W. Murphy, Attorney General, for appellee.'"
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    "head_matter": "Jones v. State.\nOpinion delivered April 30, 1904.\nNew trial \u2014 newly discovered evidence. \u2014 Newly discovered evidence that goes only to impeach the credit of a witness is no ground for a new trial.\nAppeal from Woodruff Circuit Court.\nHance N. Hutton, Judge.\nAffirmed.\nH. F. Roleson, for appellant.\nThe appellant should be granted a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. 69 Ark. 545.\nG. W. Murphy, Attorney General, for appellee.'"
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