Dewees v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

— The offense, theft of cattle; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment in this case charged the appellants, Lillian Dewees, alias Jane E. Dewees, and Earl Pleasant, together with Hiram Dewees, with the theft of one head of cattle belonging to a man by the name of McFaddin.

Hiram Dewees filed an application for a severance and the defendants having' failed to agree on the order in which they should be tried, the court directed that the defendants, Lillian Dewees and Earl Pleasant, should be tried first. The appellants contend that the evidence is…