O'Dea v. State

Indictment against the appellant, for unlawfully selling a less quantity than a quart of intoxicating liquor to Taylor Dodson, without license. The indictment was found at the March term of the Hendricks Circuit Court, 1877, and the cause continued until the September term of the same year, at which term the appellant was tried, convicted and fined. He moved for .anew trial, upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence.

Under the motion he filed several affidavits:

1. His own affidavit, in which he informs the court, that since his conviction “he has discovered material new evidence which he…