Watson v. State

The only error assigned by Watson on this, his appeal from a conviction of armed robbery, is that

“the Court erred by overruling his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, because the state failed to prove that the money taken in the robbery was the property of Ruby E. Witt as alleged by the indictment”.

Mrs. Witt testified that she did “operate a grocery store” and had in her employ “I only have one boy”. While she was alone in this store on the occasion in question, the defendant entered and, after attacking and cutting her with a knifelike instrument, he forced her to take $135 from…