Rowbarts v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for robbery, punishment being seven years in the penitentiary. Appellant entered a plea of guilty.

J. F. Guhl lived in the country about four miles from Jacksonville. On the night of August 4, 1941, several parties appeared at his house. One of them asked for some matches. When Mr. Guhl opened the door to hand the matches out someone grabbed him and jerked him out of the house. They then took him back in the house, blind-folded him, and one of the parties guarded him while another guarded his wife who was in another room. In the meantime two other parties…