Daniels v. State

The defendant, Fred Daniels, was jointly indicted with Pee Wee Burns and Charlie Thompson for the robbery of Pete Modena. It was alleged that on July 17, 1936, they took by force “one lady’s diamond ring, one man’s diamond ring, one 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pearl-handle pistol, one stick-pin with diamond and green emerald, one flash light, two baby pins on chain, one baby ring, one kodak, 205 eases of assorted whisky, and $257 in lawful D. S. currency, of the value of $3659.25.”

The evidence for the State tended to show that a man named B. II. O’Conner, alias Hugh Gibson, and one named L. M.…