Browning v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery and a sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of fifty years. The judgment was based on a verdict of the jury finding defendant (appellant) guilty and fixing his punishment. His plea was not guilty.

Clarence Chestnut, Jr., testified that defendant and two other men came into the store of C. E. Chestnut & Sons, operated by the witness and his brother, at Gaylesville, Cherokee County, Alabama, and shopped around in the store; that defendant stated he wanted some hoop cheese, which the…