Boone v. State

Appellant was charged in three counts— for assault and battery with intent to murder, with assault and battery with intent to commit robbery, and for robbery. Trial by jury, and the following verdict returned: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of assault and battery with intent to rob, as charged in the second count of the affidavit and information, E. Steffy, foreman.”

Appellant unsuccessfully moved for a venire <de novo on the ground of uncertainty and insufficiency of the verdict, and for a new trial. The judgment was that appellant be confined in the Indiana state prison not less…