Smith v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Grenada county of the character of robbery as defined by section 1129, Code of 1930. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The indictment was demurred to on the ground that it charged no offense under the statute. The demurrer was overruled. That action of the court is the only ground relied on for a reversal. The statute is in this language: “Robbery—threatening letter demanding money, property.-—Every person who shall knowingly send or deliver, or shall…