Eshelman v. State

Appellant was charged by an .indictment with selling intoxicating liquor in violation of Acts 1925, ch. 48, §4, §2717 Burns 1926. On December 13, 1928, he was arraigned (apparently without counsel) and entered a plea of not guilty. On December 24, 1928, by leave of court (on motion of his counsel) he was permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty and file a plea in abatement. The plea in abatement was “overruled,” whereupon appellant entered a plea of not guilty, and a trial by the court resulted in a finding of guilty and a judgment of six months’ imprisonment at the Indiana State Farm and…