Jones v. State

The indictment charged grand larceny, alleging that these appellants, and others not on trial, feloniously took and carried away 1,310 pounds of cotton seed of the value of $27.50, the personal property of Arthur Washington, etc.

These two appellants were jointly tried, and convicted as charged, whereupon the court pronounced sentence imposing upon appellant Johnie Jones a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, the minimum being fixed at ten years, and likewise, the maximum fixed at ten years. This sentence was erroneous, as will hereafter be shown. Appellant Albert Jones was sentenced to…