Coker v. State

Appellant appeals from a conviction of robbery, alleged to have been committed on or-about June 16, 1912.

Appellant with Ed Harris and others engaged in gambling with cards for an hour or more. .He had $9 or $9.75 when the gaming began, and bet small amounts from time to time till he lost it all; said Harris, it seems, winning all of it. The last bet he lost to Harris was 75 cents. He then quit the game and left the room, but soon returned with a drawn and cocked pistol, demanding of Harris the money he had lost. Harris then had, all told, from $30 to $35. At the point of the pistol he forced…