State v. Cantrell

By an indictment filed in the Circuit Court of Oregon County, appellant, Fred Cantrell and Bunk Sandridge were jointly charged with stealing seven chickens from the messuage of Mrs. Alice Kellett in the nighttime. Appellant took a severance, and, upon trial, the jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. He was sentenced in accordance with the verdict, and appealed.

It appears from the evidence offered by the State that Mrs. Alice Kellett, a widow, and her five children were living on premises owned by Harry Warren, near the Gaiteau School…