State v. Colombo

The defendants, Joseph F. Helseher, Sam Centineo, and John Colombo, were jointly in-dieted in the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans for receiving a stolen Cadillac coupé, the property of Mrs. L. J. Wilson, knowing that the same had been previously stolen.

The three defendants were found guilty as charged, and each was sentenced to not less than fourteen months nor to more than two years in the state penitentiary. The defendants Colombo and Centineo applied for a new trial, which was overruled, and later appealed from the conviction and sentence to this court.

The case is before…