Porter v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of “Assault * * * with intent to * * rob” (Code 1928, § 3303), and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indeterminate period of from fifteen years, minimum, to twenty years, maximum — the offense for which he was convicted having occurred prior to the effective date of the Act of the Legislature approved August 24, 1939 (Gen. Acts Ala. Reg. Session 1939, p. 438).

The indictment was in Code form, and no question is raised as to its sufficiency.

The facts in the case are as follows— we quote from the Attorney General’s…