State v. North

Plaintiff in error, Will North, alias Bill Coburn, was defendant in a certain cause lately pending in the Circuit Court of Pettis County, Missouri, wherein he was charged with burglary and larceny. On a trial, he was convicted of both charges, and in accordance with the verdict, he was duly sentenced to a term of ten years’ imprisonment on the burglary charge, and five years’ imprisonment on the larceny charge, the two sentences to run concurrently. He has sued out a writ of error to review the judgment. For convenience the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the circuit court.

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