Alderson v. State

This was a prosecution for murder brought by indictment in the Vanderburgh Circuit court in Vanderburgh county Indiana, and sent to the Posey Circuit Court for trial. There was a trial by jury and verdict returned finding the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree, fixing penalty at life imprisonment.

Before taking a change of venue a motion was made by the appellant to quash the indictment for the reason that it did not i state a public offense. After conviction appellant made a motion for a new trial which was overruled and judgment rendered on the verdict, from which the appellant…