Steinmetz v. State

A jury in the Miami Circuit Court found the appellant guilty of assault and battery upon one Frank W. Lucas, and fixed his punishment at a fine of $500 and that he be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of thirty days. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the court rendered judgment on the verdict, from which judgment this appeal is taken.

The only error assigned is that the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial. Under this assignment of error the appellant discusses in his brief the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict and also claims that the…