McDowell v. State

The. plaintiff in error, Meredith McDowell, and Sumner Ewing were jointly indicted for the larceny of 41 chickens of the value of $52.65. Each of them pleading not. guilty, a trial was had resulting in a verdict of guilty as to both of them. Thereupon, on January 31, 1928, Sumner Ewing was sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary; the minimum period of imprisonment being fixed at one year. Sentence was imposed upon the plaintiff in error, Meredith McDowell, on January 30, 1928; the minimum period of imprisonment being fixed as to him at two years. Both of them have since been confined in the…