Grapes v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

The appellant, Robert Grapes, was jointly indicted with Jimmy Ryan and J. A. Fleisher upon the charge of robbing one R. A. Shawlev of $2-10,00 on the — day of February, 1923. Upon his separate trial, appellant was convicted, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

For reversal he contends that the court erred in overruling his demurrer to the indictment, in the admission of incompetent evidence, that the verdict is contrary to *761the evidence, and that the argument to the jury by counsel for the Commonwealth was…