Ellison v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery with a deadly weapon; the punishment, death.

The assault was alleged to have been made upon Thula Hill and the indictment alleged the using and exhibiting of a deadly weapon, to-wit a knife, in robbing her of $340.00 in money.

Thula Hill, a 59 year old divorcee, testified : She was a clerk at a Liquor Store in a rural area of Falls County on February 18, 1966. Appellant came to the store and purchased a fifth of wine and left. He returned about 8 P.M. at which time she was in charge of the Liquor Store and was alone. As she was standing at…