State v. Davis

Under an information filed in the Circuit Court of Douglas County charging robbery in the first degree defendant was tried and convicted and his punishment was assessed at five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. From sentence and judgment on the verdict he appeals. The sole question presented on the appeal is whether or not there is sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction. The State's evidence tends to prove the following:

The victim of the robbery was William Bray, a man sixty-six years of age, who lived alone in the country. He testified that the robbery occurred at night,…