Franklin v. State

We are informed, and the record shows, this case is in all respects identical with the case of Lawrence Franklin v. State, appealed from Tuscaloosa Circuit Court, and here affirmed on June 13, 1939, Ala. App., 191 So. 387.1 These two parties, and another not on trial, were jointly indicted. It appears that the third party had not been apprehended at the time of the trial of this case, and that upon arraignment of this appellant, and the defendant Lawrence Franklin, each demanded, and was granted a severance, as the law provides.

The points of decision here involved are, as stated, identical…