Harrison v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellants and defendants below, Green and Willie Harrison, who are cousins, were indicted by the grand jury of Jackson county, in which they were accused of forcibly robbing Houston Frost by putting him in fear and taking from his person United States money in the aggregate value of between twelve and thirteen dollars. At their joint trial they were each convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of four years. Their motion for a new trial was overruled, and from the verdict and the judgment pronounced thereon they…