Robinson v. United States

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, together with one Ruth Mills, was tried, convicted, and sentenced upon a charge of robbing one L.eo Lagaña of his poeketbook, containing $290, at a certain time and place in the District of Columbia. The appellant alone has appealed.

The testimony tended to prove that Lagana was lured by Ruth Mills to the house of appellant for the purpose of prostitution; that appellant was present in the house at the time, and let them in at the door; that Lagaña and the woman Mills went into a bedroom and were upon the bed together, when he felt the woman take his…