Railey v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for fifteen years.

F. C. Strickland, the injured party, testified, in substance, as follows: He was walking down a street in the city of Houston when someone approached him and took hold of his arm. Another man immediately appeared on the scene.. Exhibiting pistols, his assailants forced him to walk between two buildings, where they took from his possession sixty-five dollars in money. One of his assailants was a “red complexioned fellow.” He was not as tall as appellant. There was a light shining near the…