Braley v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Jefferson county of the crime of robbery with firearms, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of 30 years.

It appears from the record that Mr. and Mrs. Wood-worth, who lived in the town of Ringling, had returned from prayer meeting to their home; that, after putting the car in the garage and locking the same, they were confronted by some men with drawn pistols, and compelled to give up the keys to the house and garage and to the bank of which Mr.…