State v. Sims

ODOM, Justice.

Herman Sims, Bonnie Prestige, and John Dillon were charged in a bill of information with the larceny of an automobile valued at $275. John Dillon pleaded guilty. The other defendants were tried, convicted, and Bonnie Prestige was sentenced to hard labor for a period of one to three years.

After his conviction in this case, Herman Sims was charged as a third offender, under Act 15 of 1928, and, when arraigned, pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to har'd labor for 20 yéars. The defendants appealed.

The errors of which appellants complain are set forth in five bills of exception, four…