Cox v. State

The special presentment in this case charges George Cox with committing robbery by force and intimidation. The jury found.the defendant guilty of “robbery by intimidation” and fixed his punishment at from eight to ten years.

The gist of the State’s case appears from the testimony of the witness W. A. McDaniel. McDaniel testified, in substance, that he was driving a certain automobile laundry-truck; that at about 5 :30 o’clock p. m. on February 23, 1932, near the corner of Alexander and Venable streets, two men approached him and one of them said that if witness would go with him to a house he…