The People v. Arnold

Two counts of an indictment returned in the circuit court of Lawrence county in May, 1931, charged plaintiff in error and John Saxton with burglarizing a store building with intent to take certain items of personal property. The third count charged the larceny of the same property which it was alleged had an aggregate value of $41.30. Within a short time after the indictment was returned, Saxton pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the reformatory. Plaintiff in error was not apprehended until January 24, 1933. On February 8, following, he signed a jury waiver and plea of guilty and was…