State v. Gentry

Defendant was charged by information filed in the Circuit Court of Ralls County with burglary and larceny, was found guilty on both charges, August 19, 1930, sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for each offense, and appealed.

In the early morning of December 8, 1929, the general store of Richards & Company at Perry, Ralls County, was broken into and a quantity of merchandise of various kinds taken out. The burglary and robbery was actually committed by Francis Bryan, Franklin Barrett and James Gentry, the son of the defendant. The defendant was tried on the theory that he was accessory…