Trousdale v. State

Plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted and convicted of carrying burglarious instruments, in violation of section 10918 of the Code, which is as follows:

“Any person who carries concealed about the person any false or skeleton keys, jimmies, or any article of the kind intended for effecting secret entrance into houses, for the purpose of committing theft, or other violations of the law, is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than ten years.”

The maximum punishment of plaintiffs in error was…