Gates v. State

The defendant, Arnely Gates, was charged in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of robbery by force or fear, found guilty by a jury who could not agree on his punishment, and was sentenced by the court to serve seven yeans in the State Penitentiary.

It is charged that defendant, a negro boy 19 years of age, by the use of force and threats of death, did feloniously take and steal from Mrs. Myra Ellen Yell, a leather purse, containing $37 in money.

The state used three witnesses. Mrs. Yell testified that she lived at 814 North Geary, in Oklahoma City. About 12 midnight or 12:30…