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127 Ind. 471

Williams v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1891

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1891-03-18

<p>Supreme Court. — Practice.—No question is presented on the ruling of the trial court in excluding, in a prosecution for rape, a report made by the grand jury where the report is not embodied in the bill of exceptions.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1924

2 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1891-03-18

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Elliott, J.

¶1The appellants were convicted of the crime of rape, and from the judgment entered against them they prosecute this appeal.

¶2It is asserted that the trial court erred in excluding a report made by the gránd jury, but the report is not embodied in the bill of exceptions, and hence no question is presented upon the ruling. In the absence of the document we can not say that it was competent, but must presume that it was incompetent. An appellant who seeks a reversal must overcome the-presumption which always prevails in favor of the rulings of the trial court in the absence of countervailing facts.

¶3We have given the evidence careful study, and find that it so far and sufficiently supports the verdict that we can not disturb it.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

¶5McBride, J., did not take part in the decision of this case.

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