Barnes v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County of robbery, and his punishment fixed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

We resist a strong temptation to discuss at length facts showing that for some reason parties in authority at Dallas were not in accord as to the merits of this case, wherein it appears to the dispassionate mind that a young farmer, raised in Arkansas, who had armed himself with a diploma from some so-called detective school, came to Dallas to exploit his knowledge and ability in ferreting out crime; and did the best he knew…