Thornton v. State

On writ of error the judgment of conviction of the offense commonly known as armed robbery denounced by Section 5055 R. G. S., 7157 C. G. L., plaintiff in error presents three (3) questions for our consideration, which are as follows:

“1. Did the court charge the jury as to the gist of the crime charged in the information?”

“2. “Did the court err in allowing the State Attorney to repeatedly refer to the defendants as convicts and fellow convicts ?”

“3. “Is the evidence against John Frank Thornton sufficient to sustain the conviction?”

As to the first question, the charge of the court was entirely…