Cazalas v. State

Appellants Cazalas and Speece and Bobby Bay Owens were jointly indicted for the robbery of Pierre Pirlot with a deadly weapon — an iron wrench. Appellants were tried together, convicted, and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary.

The evidence was sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict as to every element of the crime charged. Pirlot and another Belgium citizen, both officers of the Belgium Merchant Marine, were picked up by appellants and Owens on the streets of Mobile, Alabama, and carried out on Highway 98 toward Mississippi. After crossing the Escatawpa Biver, they drove off the highway…