Sartin v. State

This is an indictment against Lum. Sartin, Alex. Chapman and Wm. Cooke, for stealing a horse, the property of Wm. Morrow, in Knox county. Sartin was separately tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for four years. A new trial being refused, he has appealed in error.

Two' grounds for reversal have been urged in argument. First, That the court below permitted 'proof, over defendant’s objection, of the stealing of a mule belonging to Thos. Underwood, which occurred at a different time and place from the stealing of Morrow’s horse. The facts are, that on the night of the 1st of April,…