Strader v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant, Strader, Wood Drake, Otto Bone, and Aaron Maban were indicted on the statutory charge of robbery, it being alleged that on or aibout July-3, 1934, they “unlawfully, feloniously and by force and violence, by the use and display of a pistol, a deadly weapon,” robbed one iScott Oeibel of money and other property. Appellant was placed on trial May 1, 1935. •The jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment ■at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-one years and he appeals.

Greibel, the prosecuting witness, operated a small…