Bush v. State

In the Marion Criminal Court, Dennis Bush, Robert Walters, Otto Jones, Hugh Costello and Dolph Staub were jointly indicted for an assault and battery upon one Ralph E. Richman. Bush requested and was granted a separate trial before a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $900 and to imprisonment at the Indiana State Farm for four months. The overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial is the only error relied on for a reversal of the judgment.

Appellant first insists that his motion for a new trial should have been sustained for the reason that, as shown by his bills of…