Martin v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for robbery, the punishment assessed being five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows that appellant, with two other parties, committed robbery from the person of R. L. Smith. The State’s evidence is to the effect that the assaulted party was in the city of Dallas, having come over .from Oak Cliff, and was standing on the corner of Wood and Jefferson Streets waiting for a street car to return home. While standing there a white man, who had been following him, came up and said: “Hello, pal, where are you going?” The witness told…