State v. Gorman

The defendant M. J. Gorman was jointly indicted with Tom Harris, J. W. Conroy, and F. B. Davis for the crime of possession of burglar tools. The defendant was tried separately. Harris, whose true name is jverS; entered a plea of guilty. The record is silent on the disposition of the indictment against the other two. It appears that on the night of November 10, 1921 the defendants came to the town of Mt. Ayr in a Ford. They first went to a hotel to .secure rooms and were informed by the proprietor that the hotel was crowded to capacity and were referred to the annex near the depot. Davis had…