Burlund v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for robbery; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The facts in this case are few, only two witnesses testifying. There are no bills of exception in the record.

Ecklund, the party who was alleged to have been robbed, testified that he was with, a group of young men and women on East Avenue in Austin, Texas, at a restaurant. Appellant was in the group. Ecklund bought eats and drinks at the cafe and exhibited his money. Some time after midnight one of the men in the cafe asked Ecklund to take him home, that he lived on lower East Avenue. Ecklund complied. Two…