Payne v. State

Appellant in this case was charged by affidavit with theft. Upon a plea of not guilty, appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty. The jury verdict resulted in a sentence to the Indiana Reformatory for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years and costs.

The sole assignment of error on this appeal is the overruling of appellant’s motion for new trial. In that motion, appellant sets forth the following arguments as constituting error:(1) the trial court erred in limiting the defendant’s cross-examination of the primary witness for the state regarding the…