Cochran and Blevins v. United States

Opinion of the court by

Burwell, J.:

The appellants were convicted under the United States Statutes, of tailing and carrying away one heifer with intent to steal and purloin the same. Cochran was sentenced to one -year in the federal jail and to pay a ■fine of one hundred dollars and costs, and Blevins was sentenced to ninety days in the federal jail and to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs. Of these judgments they complain and pray a reversal. The defendants moved the court to grant them separate trials which was denied, áppellants contend that this was error, as the crime of which…