Padgett v. State

This prosecution was commenced on February 5, 1906, by the State of Indiana, through its proper prosecuting attorney, by filing an affidavit in the lower court, wherein it was sought to charge appellant with having committed the crime of assault and battery with intent to commit murder. He waived an arraignment and entered a plea of “not guilty.” There was a trial by jury, and a verdict returned, finding him guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill, as charged in the affidavit, and that he was of the age of twenty-eight years. He filed a written motion in arrest of judgment, alleging…