Goss v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The indictment, charging appellant with robbery by assault with a pistol, was returned on August 22, 1950. Appellant was placed on trial on March 11, 1954, after his release from the penitentiary under another sentence, and the jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at 99 years in the penitentiary.

' Appellant was identified by T. A. Caronna and his wife as being one of two men, each armed with a pistol, who entered their home and took some $2000 in currency, forcing Mrs. Caronna, at gun point and after striking her, to open the safe, while pointing a pistol also at…