Joseph v. State

Appellants filed their verified petition in the court below among other things averring that they were found guilty of murder by a jury in the Hancock Circuit Court on February 22, 1936, were immediately thereafter sentenced to prison for life by the presiding judge and within two hours thereafter they were taken to the Indiana State Prison, inducted therein and since that time they have remained in the prison. That before being removed from Hancock County their request to see their attorney of record relative to filing a motion for new trial, was denied. When they arrived at the prison they…