Watson v. State

Ray Watson, Elbert Durham, and James Cordon were indicted for robbery of the person of one John H. Walton.

On the first trial, the jury were unable to agree upon a verdict and a mistrial was entered.

On the second trial, a verdict of guilty was returned against the three plaintiffs in error, their punishment being fixed at five years each in the penitentiary. Cordon did not appeal, but filed an affidavit stating that he was in jail, unable to give bond, was led to believe that he would be released after serving a year in prison, and that he would save time by not appealing. He emphatically…