State v. Sims

The opinion of the court was delivered' by

Breaux, J.

From a verdict and sentence condemning him to hard *454labor for twelve months, one of the defendants, Gus Mays, appeals. He and Jake Sims were charged with having stolen a bale of cotton. They were both indicted and stood their trial together. A mistrial was entered as to Jake Sims and Mays was condemned as before mentioned.

The first contention pressed upon our attention by counsel for Mays is based upon the facts narrated in his bill of exceptions to the court’s ruling in admitting the confession of Jake Sims in evidence. Mays’ counsel…