Powell v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery, his punishment being assessed at eight years confinement in the penitentiary.

The alleged injured party, J. C. Hawkins, testifies that he came into San Antonio on the train, and after leaving the depot was trying to find the Globe Hotel with a view of spending the night, but missed it, and went on about a square above the hotel where he met a young man, “a boy like,” and asked him in regard to a rooming house. Just at this juncture appellant came upon the scene and informed the witness that he could show him a bed that he could get for 50…