Pearson v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery with firearms and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary, the lowest authorized by law.

The indictment is in strict accordance with the' statute and in the exact form laid down in 2 Branch’s Ann. P. C., see. 2380, p. 1300, and is good against all of appellant’s objections thereto. (See the authorities cited by Mr. Branch, p. 1301.)

The verdict of the jury was: “We, the jury, find the defendant, Mat Pearson, guilty as charged in the indictment and assess his penalty at five yeas confinement in the. penitentiary.”…