State v. Davis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

The defendant, Edward Davis, was convicted of attempted robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal and has appealed.

Very briefly, the evidence showed that the defendant, with two companions, all wearing handkerchief masks, entered the Courthouse Market in Wichita owned by Mr. and Mrs. Shutts, surrounded the owner’s wife and demanded all their money; that they grabbed Mrs. Shutts by the wrists and one of them said that if she screamed, they would “cut her guts out.” Before the terrified woman had time to hand over…