Streepy v. State

The appellant was indicted for robbing, on August 26, 1927, the Kennard State Bank in Henry County. The indictment was returned September 12, .1930. A trial without a jury resulted in a finding of guilty, upon which a judgment was entered of imprisonment in the Indiana State Prison for a period of 15 years. The errors assigned all raise, or attempt to raise, the single question of whether or not the statute of limitations barred the prosecution.

The law concerning the limitation of actions in effect at the time of the commission of this crime was as follows: “Prosecutions for . . . robbery . .…