Sims v. State

Christian, Judge.

The offense is robbery by firearms; the punishment, death.

About 12 o’clock midnight, July 20, 1937, appellant and two men entered the Walgreen Drug Store in the city of Houston. Appellant exhibited a pistol, and he and his companions forced N. J. Powers, manager of the store, to stand by while they took approximately $380 from the cash registers. In the meantime police officers, who had been informed that the robbery was in progess, entered the store. Appellant emptied his pistol at one of the officers, wounding him in the left arm. Appellant did not testify, and introduced…