The People v. Barbaro

The defendants, Feme Bárbaro and Preston Williams, were indicted in the circuit court of Williamson county for burglary and larceny. A jury found each of them guilty, and they were sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year or for life. Defendants prosecute this writ of error.

Seeking a reversal of the judgments, defendants make several contentions. Of these, the first is that the court should have granted Williams a separate trial. By his verified motion for severance he alleged that the defenses of the defendants and the evidence to be adduced in support of the…