Collier v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Affirming.

G-lenn Collier and Dewey Brown, upon a joint trial, were convicted of armed robbery and the punishment of each was fixed at 21 years in the penitentiary. On this appeal they argue but two grounds for a reversal of the judgment;(1) Incompetent evidence was introduced over their objection;(2) The verdict is not supported by the evidence and is the result of passion and prejudice.

The evidence of the Commonwealth is to the effect that between 10 and 11 o ’clock on the night of April 15, 1945, Walter Beams, a truck driver, met appellants by chance at the…