State v. Scates

FishburnE, J.:

James Scates was convicted of the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 years. He prosecutes this appeal on the ground that the sentence of the court was unreasonable and constituted an abuse of discretion.

Appellant, a lifelong resident of the county of Cherokee, is an unmarried white man of the age of 21 years. In the late afternoon of October, 1946 or 1947 (the record does not .disclose which year), he entered the Limestone Mills Store and stated that he wished to buy some cigarettes and cigars. He was waited on by the clerk, Mr. Pierce,…