Padgett v. State

In this case plaintiffs in error were convicted in the Circuit Court of Taylor County of the offense of larceny of a cow.

There are several contentions presented as to why the judgment should be reversed. We shall discuss only two of the questions presented, as we do not deem others of importance. One of these is whether or not the judgment should be reversed because the defendants were not arraigned and did not plead in terms to the indictment. The other challenged the admission of the testimony purporting to be an admission by one defendant and a confession by the other made extra-judicially…