Hoebrecht v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is robbery; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

Julian Rankin, who was proprietor of a tourist camp near the city of Austin, testified, in substance, as follows: On January 13, 1933, between 12 and 1 o’clock in the morning appellant and some other men came to his place of business and requested that he rent them a cabin for the night. After inspecting one of the cabins the parties advised him that they would take it. He was preparing for them to register when appellant and Armin Cichanosky exhibited pistols and took from his possession…