Watson v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of robbery of Mamie Cleveland by assault, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at five years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

On the morning of April 10, 1949, Mamie Cleveland was found in her home dead, her body lying in bed covered with a blanket, her footlocker containing $127 missing.

In his oral and written confessions, introduced in evidence without objection, appellant gave a detailed account of his association with Mamie Cleveland on Saturday afternoon, April 9, 1949. He said that he had seen her get money out of the…