Johnson v. Commonwealth

On an indictment charging him with attempted robbery of a taxicab driver, Fred W. Johnson, alias Robert Hopkins, was found guilty by a jury which fixed his punishment at five years in the penitentiary and he was sentenced accordingly. He was granted a writ of error and here contends that the indictment did not sufficiently charge attempted robbery, that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict, and that the court erred in refusing one of his instructions.

The offense was alleged to have been committed on the night of June 30, 1963, but after the defendant was arraigned on the…