Tisdale v. State

The appellant and two others were jointly charged by affidavit with the crime of assault and battery with intent to kill one Edward Bush, on December 17, 1924, in Pike county; same being in violation of §352, Acts 1905 p. 584, §2240 Burns 1914, §2417 Burns 1926. Each of the defendants was granted a separate trial. Appellant entered a plea of not guilty. He was tried by a jury and found guilty. He has appealed from the judgment of imprisonment and fine, assigning as error that the court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial.

In the motion for a new trial, five causes were stated. Three…