Dion v. State

KRUEGER, Judge. —

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of robbery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 25 years.

The facts as disclosed by the record are substantially as follows: On or about the 6th day of April, 1932, the appellant approached Mack Kennedy, operator of the Taylor Refining Company at Tyler, Texas, and informed him, the said Kennedy, that he, Dion, and his gang had been offered $50,000.00 to blow up the Taylor Refining Company’s plant as well as Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Roussey, but inasmuch as he, Dion, was a good friend…