Block v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Decatur Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtNiblack, J.
An indictment was returned in the Rush Circuit Court against Jacob Block and Elsie Block, charging them with having killed Eli Frank, on the 30th day of November, 1883, under circumstances which constituted the homicide murder in the first degree. >\
A change of venue was taken to the Decatur Circuit Court, where Jacob Block, the appellant here, was tried separately, the trial resulting in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and a sentence to the State’s prison for life.
After the return of the verdict, an ineffectual motion for a *358new trial was made upon the alleged ground,…
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