Murphy v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is robbery; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The testimony on the part of the State was, in substance, as follows: L. V. Day, the injured party, appellant, and others had engaged in a dice game. Day won a dollar and left the game. Later appellant met him near a cafe and said to him: “Give me that money.” At the same time he grabbed Day and stuck a knife in his eye. Day then told one Hamilton to get his money out of his pocket and hand it to appellant. Complying with his request, Hamilton got ten dollars from Day and handed it to…