Brooks v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Robbery by assault is the offense; the punishment, ten years’ confinement in the State penitentiary.

According to the testimony of the injured party, the appellant was one of two persons who robbed him of the sum of thirteen dollars. The robbery was effected by putting the injured party in fear of life by exhibiting a pistol, or what appeared to him to be a pistol.

Appellant, testifying as a witness in his own behalf, denied that there was a robbery, that a pistol was exhibited, or that violence of any character was used. The effect of his testimony was that the injured party…