Loftus v. State

An indictment in two counts was returned against appellant in the LaPorte Circuit Court, the first charging murder in the first degree, and the second murder in the second degree. On a plea of not guilty, said cause was sent to the Superior Court of St. Joseph County on a change of venue, there a trial was had by jury and a verdict returned finding the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixing his penalty at life imprisonment.

Appellant assigned as error the overruling of his motion for a new trial and the overruling of his motion in arrest of judgment.

The only cause for a…