State v. Ancheta

Citations

• 20 N.M. 19
• 145 P. 1086

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT:'</p> <p>1. Where there is substantial evidence to support a-verdict, the appellate court will not disturb it.</p> <p>P. 26</p> <p>2. In both civil and criminal causes, a party’s fraud in the/preparation or presentation of his case, such as'the suppression: or attempt to suppress evidence by the bribery of .witnesses* can be shown against him as a circumstance tending to prove that his cause lacks honesty and truth.</p> <p>P. 27</p> <p>3. Evidence of the identity of the accused with: the person who committed the theft, derived from a comparison of the foot; tracks, is admissible. , .</p> <p>P. 27</p> <p>4. Errors must not only appear upon the face of the record, but must appear to be probably prejudicial.</p> <p>P. 29</p> <p>5. An order of the district court denying the motion for a change of venue will not be reversed by this court, unless the record shows an abuse of discretion, which, in this case, it does not.</p> <p>P. 30</p>