State v. Scruggs

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendants, Vernon Scruggs and May Scruggs; are husband and wife. They were indicted for the larceny of goods of the value of more than $100 and were convicted of larceny of goods of a value less than $100. After verdict and before sentence, the district attorney filed a bill of information charging the defendants as second-offenders, and due proof having been made of their prior convictions, they were sentenced to serve not less than two years nor more than four years in the state penitentiary. Defendants appealed from their conviction and sentence.

The appeal was…