People v. Swoape

On an information which charged R. L. Swoape, William F. Patterson, and Charles Slack with the crime of grand larceny, the defendants Patterson and Slack were convicted. Each of them appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

At the outset it is urged by appellant Slack that he is entitled to a new trial for the reason that by the order of the trial court he was denied a separate trial from his co-defendants. By the information all the defendants were charged jointly with the commission of the offense, and in such circumstances by statutory provision the…