Kern v. State

This is an appeal, in forma pauperis, from a judgment on a verdict finding appellant guilty of robbery as charged in the first count of an affidavit, for which he was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a term not less than 10 nor more than 25 years, and disfranchised for 10 years. Appellant’s counsel on appeal did not represent him at the trial, nor file his motion for new trial. The error assigned here is the overruling of the motion for a new trial. The argument section of appellant’s original brief only presents two causes for a new trial: (1) refusal to give appellant’s requested…