Johnson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

John Gilbraith, the injured party, was engaged in hauling cotton from Paducah to Houston. He used two trucks, one of which was driven by Everett Flowers, the accomplice witness. It was Gilbraith’s custom to sell the cotton in Houston for cash *564and return to Paducah with the money for delivery to his father, who was the owner of the cotton. Appellant made several trips to Houston with Gilbraith and Flowers, it appearing that she and Flowers were sweethearts.

Gilbraith testified, in substance,…