Bruce v. State

The appellant was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment in the State’s prison.

The only error assigned is the overruling of the motion for a new trial.

From the record it appears that on September 22,1898, at the September term, 1893, of the Vigo Circuit Court, judgment was rendered against the appellant.

A motion for a new trial was prayed during the térm, but was not heard until February 10, 1894, when it was overruled, an appeal prayed, and sixty days given for bills of exceptions.

If this were a civil case the appeal, although somewhat dilatory, would have been properly…