Tomlin v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with being an accessory to the offense of robbery, the jury having assessed a five year prison term, the sole punishment authorized under the court’s charge.

The indictment charged one McElreath with the offense of robbery. It was then charged that after the commission of said offense by McElreath and with knowledge thereof, appellant wilfully concealed and gave aid to McElreath in order that he might evade arrest, thus charging appellant with the offense of accessory to robbery.

McElreath, the principal, was indicted for…