Thomas v. State

This is an appeal by Emmett Thomas, the appellant, for a verdict and finding of the Lake Criminal Court of Lake County, Indiana. The jury found the defendant guilty of the crime of bribery and/or soliciting a bribe; the court thereupon sentenced the appellant to the Indiana State Prison for a period of no less than two (2) years nor more than (14) years.

The appellant raised the issue that the Court erred in overruling this motion to quash. As in the case of Noel v. State, (1966), 247 Ind. 426, 8 Ind. Dec. 139, 215 N. E. 2d 539, so long as the affidavit states clearly in direct and…