Evans v. State

The appellant was indicted in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court for murder in the first degree. It was alleged in the indictment tÉat he killed and .murdered one Ruby Mossie by cutting, stabbing and mortally wounding her with a knife, on September 11, 1924. Upon arraignment, he entered a plea of not-guilty. He was tried by a jury and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The verdict fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the state prison during life, and judgment was rendered on the verdict. He assigns as error that the court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial.

The evidence…