Alvey v. State

The appellant was charged by an affidavit with contributing to the neglect of a child, to which affidavit the defendant pleaded not guilty. The cause was submitted to the court for trial. The finding of the court was that the appellant was guilty as charged in the affidavit and the judgment of the court was that the appellant be fined in the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and that he be imprisoned in the Indiana State Farm for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. The appellant filed his motion for new trial, which was overruled by the court and now prosecutes this appeal, assigning as…