Moore v. State
| Decision Date | 12 December 1923 |
| Docket Number | 24,266 |
| Citation | 141 N.E. 638,196 Ind. 299 |
| Parties | Moore v. State of Indiana |
| Court | Indiana Supreme Court |
Rehearing Denied June 10, 1925.
1. CRIMINAL LAW.---Plea of abatement after appearance is too late.---A plea in abatement in a criminal prosecution filed after arraignment and plea, and motion to quash the affidavit, is too late to raise the question of jurisdiction of the person, full appearance having been made. p. 301.
2. CRIMINAL LAW.---Objection on appeal for failure of court to rule on plea is waived by proceeding to trial.---Appellant cannot complain that his plea in abatement in criminal prosecution is not ruled on, where he proceeded to trial without calling the omission to the attention of the court or making any objection thereto. p. 301.
3. CRIMINAL LAW.---Error in overruling motion not considered if not in brief or record.---Alleged error in overruling a motion to quash the affidavit cannot be considered on appeal if such motion cannot be found in the appellant's brief nor in the record. p. 301.
4. CRIMINAL LAW.---Bill of exceptions filed at subsequent term without leave of court is not in the record.---The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict will not be considered on appeal, if the evidence is not properly brought into the record by bill of exceptions; a bill of exceptions filed at a term subsequent to the trial term without leave of court for such extension, is not properly in the record, even though it recites that it was presented to and signed by the judge within a time allowed as therein set forth. p. 302.
From Daviess Circuit Court; Milton S. Hastings, Judge.
Ellis Moore was charged with assault with intent to kill and murder and convicted of assault and battery, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Hiram McCormick and Frank E. Gilkison, for appellant.
U. S Lesh, Attorney-General, and Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Deputy Attorney-General, for the State.
Appellant was charged by affidavit with assault with intent to kill and murder, and was found guilty by the verdict of the jury of assault and battery. He seeks to reverse the judgment which followed the verdict for the alleged errors of the court: (1) In failing to pass upon the answer in abatement; (2) in overruling the motion to quash the affidavit; (3) in overruling the motion for a new trial.
The affidavit which charged the offense was filed in the Martin Circuit Court November 1, 1921, upon which day appellant appeared in open court, was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty, and executed bond for his appearance. Thereafter on January 5, 1922, appellant filed a motion to quash the affidavit, which motion was overruled by the court. Thereafter, the transcript discloses by way of recital of the file mark thereon, appellant filed his plea in abatement, which, according to the file mark of the clerk of the court, showed that it was filed January 5, 1922, after which time, to wit, April 4, 1922, upon the affidavit of appellant, the venue was changed to the Daviess Circuit Court, and trial had on September 19, 1922.
It will be noted that appellant did not present his plea in abatement until after he had been arraigned and entered his plea thereon, and filed a bond for his appearance. There was no order of the trial court, neither does the transcript show either the time or the filing of such plea in abatement by appellant, but granting that the filing were regular, it is too late to file a plea in abatement raising the question of jurisdiction over the person after a full appearance to the action. Eel River R. Co. v. State, ex rel. (1900), 155 Ind. 433, 57 N.E. 388.
Whereupon it would...
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