Lynch v. State

Appellant was charged by amended affidavit in four counts. However, we need only consider Count. One which charged the crime of burglary by attempting to force an entrance into a safe under Acts 1955, ch. 156, §1, p. 307, being §10-702(a), Burns’ 1956 Replacement. Trial was by the court without the intervention of a jury, and defendant was found guilty as charged in Count One of the amended affidavit, and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than five nor more than ten years, and disfranchised for a period of five years.

The assignment of errors consists of three specifications,…