Watford v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of first degree burglary under Acts 1941, ch. 148, §4, p. 447, being §10-701a, Burns’ 1956 Replacement, tried by jury, found guilty as charged and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years.

The sole error assigned here is the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial.

Numerous grounds for a new trial are alleged in the motion therefor. However, we deem it necessary to consider only Specifications No. 7 and No. 8 by which appellant asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to…