Cothern v. State

The appellant, Herman Cothern, was indicted with Billy Joe Burnett, Charles Greer and Daniel Brister on a charge of burglary for breaking and entering the storehouse of Will J. Rutland and taking, stealing and carrying away certain goods and. merchandise described in the indictment. The appellant was granted a severance. The other defendants entered pleas of guilty and testified as witnesses for the State. The appellant was tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of one year. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

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