Shoecraft v. State

The appellant was indicted for robbery, to wit, the violent taking from the prosecuting witness of a silver watch of the value of ten dollars. His defense on the trial was, that he had won the watch from the prosecuting witness in a game at cards. The evidence was conflicting.

The jury found a verdict of guilty, fixing the punishment at imprisonment in the State prison for two years, with fine and disfranchisement.

Over a motion for a new trial the court rendered judgment on the verdict.

It appears that the robbery, or game of cards, which-* ever it may have been, took place near a cemetery…