Brown v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Grant Circuit Court; H. J. Paulus, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against William Webster Brown. Prom a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtErwin, C. J.
This is a prosecution by the State of Indiana against appellant who was indicted jointly with his son for murder in the first degree. The indictment is in three counts, each charging appellant and son with the crime of murder in the killing of one Hawkins. A separate trial was demanded and the State chose to try appellant first. This trial resulted in a conviction of voluntary manslaughter, and the punishment fixed at imprisonment in the State prison not less than two, nor more than twenty-one years.
1. The appellant presents but one assignment of error, viz., the overruling of his motion for…
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