State v. Davis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In an information Gerald Bowers, Dave Rice, William Hugo Neely and Ed Davis, were jointly charged in a single count with committing burglary and grand larceny. Neely entered a plea of guilty, and Bowers and Rice were tried jointly and found guilty. Davis demanded and was awarded a separate trial which resulted in a conviction of both burglary and grand larceny. From this conviction he appeals.

The principal contention is that the evidence in the case did not warrant the conviction, and that the court erred in overruling defendant’s…