Carson v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Bryan county of robbery with firearms, and was sentenced to serve a term of. five years in the state penitentiary.

Defendant was charged with two others with holding up one N. Pendegraph on the highway with a pistol and taking from his person the sum of 50 cents, all that he had. The testimony for the state, while very brief, sustains the charge. The defense was alibi. Counsel who appear here did not represent defendant in the lower court.

The first contention made is- that the court denied defendant’s…