France v. State

NIX, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Fred Wilson France, was charged in the District Court of Oklahoma County with the crime of Robbery by Force or Fear. He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and his punishment assessed at Nine Years in the penitentiary. From that judgment and sentence he appeals.

From the record, it appears that on April 11, 1968, Mrs. Junia Azel King, 85 years old, was walking on Harvey near Main Street in Oklahoma City, when a man grabbed her from behind, snatched her purse, and ran away. She never did see his face. A bystander chased the man, retrieved the purse and returned it…