Davis v. State

The appellants, Harvey Davis and Emmit Sims, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted of grand larceny. Neither of them made application for a severance as is provided for by Secton 2514, Code of 1942. Upon the trial-the State introduced a confession made by Harvey Davis to the sheriff, wherein he involved his codefendant, and the State also introduced a confession of Emmit Sims made to the owner of the stolen property wherein he involved his eodefendant. Neither confession was made in the presence of the other defendant, and,.threfore, the in troduction of each confession was objected to…