Chapman v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a case of highway robbery; the punishment, thirty-five years in the penitentiary.

Nona Parker, the alleged injured party who was night cashier of a cleaning and pressing establishment, identified the appellant as the party who, on the night of January 10, 1950, at the point of a pistol, required her to deliver to him the currency she had in the cash register.

Appellant did not testify as a witness in his own behalf. The defense of alibi, as shown by other witnesses, was rejected by the jury.

The facts abundantly warrant the jury’s conclusion of guilt. Appellant’s contrary…