Howard v. Commonwealth

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The conviction of the appellant, Clarence Howard, is for armed robbery, the penalty being life imprisonment. KBS 433.140,

The argument of insufficient evidence to take the ease to the jury requires a brief statement of the testi*668mony. Mrs. Emma Davis, an elderly white woman in poor health, testified that the defendant, Clarence Howard, had come to her home in the late morning of July 11, 1949, saying he was looking for work. He was told there was none. During the afternoon when she was alone, lying on the couch, “that big colored fellow” came in and said, “I am a…