Silver v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment death.
The fact that appellant and his companion, Stone, deliberately planned to rob Roscoe Wilson, the deceased, and that, in carrying into effect their .unlawful design, Stone murdered and robbed him of a large sum of money, while appellant sat by in an automobile, is not controverted. After blotting out the life of their innocent victim, appellant and his companion fled with their ill gotten gains to Oklahoma, where they were arrested. At the time of their arrest they were possessed of the spoils of the robbery. Each…
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