Harris v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

Appellant is a negro woman, who, according to her own testimony, was a prostitute at the time she was charged with the robbery of Arthur Leiser, a white man. In front of appellant’s door was a gallery, which, according to the testimony of the arresting officer, was about “shoulder high”, with five or six steps. Going from the sidewalk in front of the house to the bottom step of the gallery one would have taken six or seven steps. According to the testimony of the injured party,…