BOWLING v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict finding Appellants guilty of the crime of robbery, as defined by Indiana Statute, Burns’ § 10-4101, which provides in part as follows:

“Whoever takes from the person of another any article of value by violence or by putting in fear is guilty of robbery . . .”

The charge against Appellants was brought by affidavit filed on September 1, 1966, and omitting the formal parts thereof, said affidavit is as follows:

“FRANK M. FREIHAUT, being duly sworn upon his oath says that JAMES BOWLING, JR. and JOHN HAWKINS, JR. on or about the 28th day of…