State v. . Steadman

Prank Ballew, tbe prosecuting witness for tbe State, testified as to tbe robbery from bis person and tbe identity of tbe áppeal-ing defendants. Oscar Pate also testified for tbe State as to tbe identity of Mass Atkins, whom be bad known for three or four years, in tbe following language: “I took one of them to be Mass Atkins. . . . After I saw Mass Atkins and tbe other man in tbe woods, . . . tbe man I thought was Mass Atkins. ... I can swear to tbe best of my knowledge it was him.” Oscar Pate also testified to certain other facts relative to tbe identity of Mass Atkins, tbe car be was…