Haire v. State

Almand, Justice.

Colon Lamar Haire, upon an indictment charging that he did “wrongfully, fraudulently, and violently, by force and intimidation” take from the person of E. W. Hackney with intent to steal the sum of $180, the property of Markey Supply Company, was found guilty by the jury of robbery by force and violence, and his punishment fixed at 4 years in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial upon the general grounds and 7 special grounds was overruled, and the case is here on exceptions to that order. Held:

1. It was not error to admit in evidence a hammer, as complained of in the…