People v. Swinson

The plaintiffs in error, appearing pro sese, obtained a writ of error to review a judgment convicting them of larceny in Jasper County. The grand jury, by a single indictment of one count, jointly charged them with the larceny of corn valued at $147. The jury returned a verdict against each, finding him guilty of larceny in the manner and form as charged in the indictment, but did not, in those verdicts, fix the value of the corn stolen. The errors assigned arose only on the common-law record. That record, as filed by them, being faulty, the defendant in error filed a correct and…