Nevil v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of robbery by assault. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of five years.

The indictment charged the offense denounced by Art. 1408, P. C.

Appellant challenges the' sufficiency of the evidence to justify and sustain his conviction of the offense charged. The State’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that on the 15th day of October, 1939, appellant and a negro by the name of David Isles, came from Farmersville, where he was employed by appellant’s father, to Van Alstyne. Between the hours of 6:00 and 7:00 P.…