Webster v. State

The defendant-appellant (Webster) is appealing his conviction, after a bench trial, of robbery, IC 35-13-4-6, Ind. Ann. Stat. §10-4101 (Burns 1956). He was accordingly sentenced to 10 to 25 years in the Indiana State Reformatory.

Webster’s first specification of error states he was denied a fair trial because of prejudice on the part of the trial judge. The record discloses that after the jury had been selected on the original trial date, Webster and the State reached an agreement whereby Webster would take a test by polygraph If Webster passed the test the charge against him would be…