State v. Austin

This appeal results from a judgment of conviction of the crime of robbery entered upon a jury verdict of guilty.

The accounts of the events giving rise to the charge of robbery are in sharp dispute according to the testimony of the defendant (appellant) and the testimony of George Day, the victim of the alleged robbery.

The defendant’s version of the events is as follows: On November 19,1960, at approximately 10 a.m., he met George Day, who he then knew only by the name of “Pops,” at a drugstore in Seattle. A bottle of wine was purchased with the defendant’s money and the two commenced drinking…