ARTERBURN, C.J.
These two cases have been consolidated on appeal for argument and determination. They both involve an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The appellants were each found guilty of petit larceny while armed with a deadly weapon, by a jury in the Knox Circuit Court. The trial judge fixed the sentences. It is contended that the jury, rather than the trial judge, should have fixed the sentences.
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