Hamilton v. State

This is a prosecution by the State of Indiana against appellant and another upon an indictment returned by the grand jury of Marion county, wherein appellant is charged with murder in the first degree while in the perpetration of a robbery. Acts 1929, p. 137, §2412, Burns Ann. St. Supp. 1929, §10-3401,. Burns 1933.

Appellant and his co-defendant, Charles Vernon Witt, both applied and obtained a change of venue from Marion county, and the cause was sent to Boone county, Indiana. In the Boone circuit court the defendants applied for and were granted separate trials. Witt was tried first, and…