Millette v. State

Appellant, Fred Millette, was jointly indicted with his wife, Mrs. Mabel Millette, for burglarizing the drug store of A. C. Cox in West Point. There was no motion for a severance, and the two defendants were tried together at a special term of the court. On the first trial of the case there was a mistrial because the jury failed to agree; later in the term they were again put upon trial, which resulted in the acquittal of Mrs. Millette and the conviction of Fred Millette, who was sentenced to serve a term in the state penitentiary.

On the morning of June 23, 1932, A. O. Cox discovered that his…