Hooten v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— Robbery is the offense; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

The State’s testimony is in substance as follows: The Barnes Grocery Company store was an all-night store. After midnight the appellant entered the store and after making a purchase, presented a pistol and threatened the lives of the persons in the store, namely: Hebert, the manager; Powell, the clerk; and Miss Beatrice Lynn, the cashier. After taking from them the money on hand, about ninety dollars, the appellant caused them to stand facing him while he backed, pistol in…