Edge v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated the defendant, was charged jointly with one Harry Barnes and two young women with robbery while "being armed with a dangerous weapon" and thereby took from J. W. Green in Suwannee county one Chrysler Sedan of the value of $500.00, $2.78 in cash and a pocket knife, the indictment being based upon Section 7157, Comp. Gen. Laws 1927. The case coming on for trial, Harry Barnes not being yet in custody, a severance was granted J. D. Edge, and the two young women testified as witnesses. A verdict of guilty was returned against Edge, and a motion for new…