Legal Opinion

Glassgow v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 25, 1931No. 14562Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

While R. W. Hanks was adjusting his Delco light at night, a man appeared, presented a pistol and forced Hanks to surrender his flashlight and compelled him to- walk a long distance into the country to a point near a saw-dust pile, about nine miles from the home of Hanks. It seems that Hanks was a banker. Demand was made that he write a check or order for $5,000, with which demand Hanks complied. Hanks was told that three men would be at the saw-dust pile and that they…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Zahm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Bailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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