Phillips v. State

PBENDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.

From a conviction of robbery with the lowest penalty assessed appellant prosecutes this appeal. We will make a statement of what the evidence, in effect, shows and justified the jury to believe.

The local option law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors was in force in Upshur County. Violations of said law were occurring, by different persons, called by some “boot-leggers.” The authorities were anxious to ascertain who the guilty parties were and punish them. The city council of Gilmer, the county seat, the city marshal, the sheriff and county attorney,…