Knapp v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit in two counts filed in the Vermillion Circuit Court, charg ing first and second degree arson. §§2441, 2442 Burns Supp. 1929, Acts 1927 p. 122.

Appellant was arraigned on the first count of the affidavit which charged arson in the first degree on July 24,1931, and entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently, on October 14, 1931, the second count of the affidavit, which charged arson in the second degree, was filed. Appellant went to trial on October 14, 1931, without being arraigned or without a plea being entered as to the said second count of the affidavit.

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