Burns v. State

The four appellants were jointly indicted in Marshall county, Indiana, on the charge that on December 29, Í920, they unlawfully killed and murdered Jacob Russell Sainé, by shooting him in the perpetration of a robbery, committed by forcibly and feloniously putting in fear the cashier and other employes of the State Exchange Bank of Culver, Indiana, and taking from them a sum of money. No question as to the sufficiency of the indictment is presented -by appellant’s brief. Appellants were convicted and' after unsuccessfully moving for a new trial and in arrest of judgment perfected an appeal.

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