Armstrong v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment; death.

It was" alleged" in the indictment, in substance, that appellants robbed Charley Hunter. Rufus Hunter, Harley Hunter, and Charley Hunter, the injured party resided in the state of Tennessee. They had .come to Texas in search of employment. Boarding a freight train at Dallas, Rufus and Charley Hunter hid themselves, at night, in an empty chamber in a refrigerator car. According to the testimony of Rufus Hunter, appellants entered the car, robbed him and his brother, and forced them off the train while it was moving.…