Spires v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, theft of property over the value of $50.00; the punishment, 2 years in the penitentiary.

The record shows that the bill of indictment charged Alex Huffman, L. G. Spires, and Alvin Williams with the offense of theft of 62 sacks of cotton-seed cakes from J. E. Parker. Upon *358calling of the case for trial, the defendants Huffman and Spires filed their motion for severance as to the codefendant Alvin Williams, with the request that Williams be first tried, which motion was granted by the court and it was ordered that Williams be tried first. The district attorney then…