State v. Rountree

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

The appellant was tried before his Honor, Judge Rice, and a jury at the May term of the Court of General Sessions, 1922, on an indictment charging him with housebreaking and grand larceny, convicted on both counts, and sentenced by his Honor to imprisonment for the term of 18 months. Appellant appeals by two exceptions which practically raise one point, to wi% the plea of former jeopardy. The indictment under which defendant was convicted alleges housebreaking and grand larceny, both of which are felonies.

The Consttution of 1895, Art.…