Morton and Ashcraft v. State

Separate informations were filed against appellants, Morton and Ashcraft, each containing two counts, one count charging the crime of burglary, the other the crime of grand larceny. Over the objections and exceptions of appellants, the cases were consolidated and tried together. Appellants were found guilty on both counts, and verdicts of six years on one count, and twelve years on the other, were returned, and from the judgment pronounced upon these verdicts is this appeal.

We think it was error to have consolidated and tried these informations together, over the objections of appellants. Had…