Williams v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The appellants, Charlie James Williams, Ruby Faye Duson, Lewis Draper, and a codefendant, Ada Mae Howard, were jointly charged by indictment, in separate counts, with the offenses of shoplifting and felony theft. The second count of the indictment charged the theft of two men’s suits of over the value of $50 from one Jim Hund-ley.

Upon a joint trial of all four defendants, the appellants were convicted of felony theft, as charged in the second count of the indictment, and each was assessed punishment of five years in the penitentiary.

At the trial, the appellants Williams and…