State v. McGowan

Leo McGowan, W. H. Longmire, and Mrs. Lennie Stephens Marchand were jointly charged in one bill of information with six separate and distinct crimes of robbery; it being alleged in the bill that all six of the crimes resulted from one continuous unlawful transaction.

• The defendant, Leo McGowan, moved for a severance, which was granted. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced on all counts; hence this appeal.

The defendant moved to quash the bill of information on the ground that it charges six separate and distinct crimes, which renders it fatally defective. He also moved that the district…