Hilliard v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant and Chester C. Divine, alias “Andy” Divine, Roy Dean Berger, A. L. Phipps, Mary Alice Zaid, and Alfred Divine were jointly charged by indictment with the offense of felony theft.

The indictment alleged that on or about the 14th day of August, 1963, the defendants did fraudulently take and steal $111.25 in money from one O. C. Jones.

Upon the granting of a severance, the appellant was separately tried and convicted and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The statement of facts in narrative form was prepared and certified…