Commonwealth v. Douglass

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

On July 21, 1956, about 9:50 p.m., Elizabeth Briscoe, the proprietress of a barbecue business, was robbed by six boys who entered the place of business. They were not masked and remained in the establishment about 15 minutes. The boy who announced the holdup stuck Mrs. Briscoe in the back with a knife and said: “lady, this is a holdup.” They then placed her in a corner of the room, and robbed her of $23.00 or $24.00. She described the defendant as follows: “. . . he had on a blue and white plain shirt, stripes, plain like, and a brown pair of army pants, and his hair fixed…