Harris v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, 15 years.

While testifying for the state, Ardell Jobe identified the appellant and his companion, Arthur Samuel Brundrett, as the men who entered his store about 10:20 P.M., August 21, both with something painted on their faces and exhibiting pistols. After the appellant said: “This is a holdup. * * * Get in the back room there, you and your wife both, get in there before I kill you,” the Jobes lay down on the floor in the vault as ordered. The appellant and Brundrett took $8 in money from Jobe’s billfold and about $150…