People v. Britton

On January 18, 1943, plaintiff in error and one Harold Junior Abel were jointly indicted in the circuit court of Shelby County for the crimes of burglary and larceny. There were three counts in the indictment, each one charging the two defendants with forcibly breaking into a garage building and stealing and carrying away two five-gallon cans of gasoline and one bicycle of the value of thirty dollars.

On February 19, 1943, plaintiff in error appeared in the circuit court of Shelby County and was there furnished with a copy of the indictment, list of jurors and witnesses, and was arraigned. He…