Webb v. State

The indictment in this case charged in five separate counts four separate robberies and one separate attempt to-rob; it being alleged in the indictment that the five crimes were committed at different times and places and upon different persons, and there being no allegation that the separate offenses charged had some continuity of purpose or intent, so as to make them a part of a general plan or scheme. Upon the hearing of the case the defendant insisted upon the following demurrer: “The indictment seeks to join in one indictment, in five separate counts, five separate and distinct criminal…