Lincoln v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Randolph Circuit Court; E. E. McGriff, Special Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Calvin Lincoln. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, C. J.
The appellant was convicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit the crime of arson by burning a store building in the town of Ridgeville, Indiana. He was indicted with three other persons, but was tried separately. The persons indicted with him were Enoch L. Pierson, Elisha Roberts and Frederick Drake.
The only error relied on is overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial. A bill of exceptions recites that in the opening statement to the jury counsel for the state asserted “that two of these codefendants have been heretofore convicted in this court;” that in the examination of a witness he…
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