Green v. State

The appellant was convicted of robbery of Nelse Shanklin with firearms and given the lowest penalty, five years in the penitentiary.

The State, by three witnesses, proved this state of facts: On the first Sunday night in May, 1910, the appellant and Nelse Shanklin and other negroes were gambling at appellant's house. Said Shanklin won $14.25 in silver from appellant. During the game Shanklin gave to Willie Emmerson, who had staked Shanklin in the beginning of the game, $5 of the money he had won from appellant. At the conclusion of the game Shanklin had $5 of the won money in his vest pocket…