Stroud v. State

The defendant, James D. Stroud, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of robbery by force and fear after former conviction of a felony; was convicted of robbery by force and fear, with the punishment left to the discretion of the court. After motion for new trial was overruled, the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of seven years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

Leon Pitts testified that shortly before dark on August 19, 1950, he went to a pool hall operated by one Rubber York to purchase some snuff; that when…