Gillard v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of robbery, and her punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 5 years.

The record shows that on or about the 6th day of July, 1934, an automobile occupied by four men and a woman stopped on the highway within one hundred yards of where Jim Butler operated a tourist camp and restaurant in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Three of the men got out of the car, went to the restaurant, and asked for coffee. When told by Butler that he did not have any coffee, they called for Coca-Cola. After drinking…