State v. . Holt

At tbe conclusion of bis Honor’s charge, counsel for defendants requested tbe court to charge tbe jury that if it should be found that tbe money was paid voluntarily by tbe State’s witness to tbe defendant, Bob Holt, and that after tbe payment there was an altercation, and tbe defendant, Bob Holt, struck tbe witness with a pistol, that this would constitute only an assault with a deadly weapon. Tbe trial judge stated: “I think my charge fully covers that. I have instructed them that highway robbery constitutes tbe taking by violence and force, and before you can convict these defendants you…