Tanner v. State

The evidence in this case shows that the accused, Tanner and Washington, conspired to rob Smith, and, with no one else except the three present, Washington put a -pistol “right in” the face of Smiih, commanded him to hold up his hands, and, while his hands were up, Tanner, without the consent *133of Smith, put his hands in the pockets of Smith and took therefrom money belonging to Smith. The indictment charged Tanner and Washington with robbery “by force and intimidation.” There was a general verdict of guilty. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and the movants excepted. It was insisted that…