State v. Charlton

George Edward (alias Jock) Charlton brings error to review his conviction in the Pike Circuit Court for robbery in the first degree, and his consequent sentence to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was represented at the trial by court-appointed counsel, who filed a motion for new trial in his behalf, but they do not represent him on this appeal, his appearance here being by brief pro se. From matters de hors the record it appears that he is presently confined in the penitentiary under his sentence.

The case is here on the record proper, and the only question of any moment is one…