Carroll v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery and assessed a penalty of eight years in the penitentiary by a jury in the District Court of Brazos County.

The indictment is for the robbery of J. T. Longbotham in Brazos County on the 18th day of August, 1939. Waltis Price was also indicted as a participant in the same robbery. Longbotham, who had been drinking and was in his car at nighttime, was joined by appellant and Price in or near Bryan on the date of the robbery and, after proceeding out on Highway No. 21 for some distance, it is alleged that they robbed Longbotham of $38.00. The…