Clark v. State

In this ease the defendant was convicted of robbery. The State relied upon the identification of the defendant by the alleged victim who was shown to have had no previous acquaintance with the defendant.

The defendant and one, John Hatton, were informed against jointly. At the first trial Hatton was acquitted and a mistrial was had as to this defendant. The second trial of this defendant resulted in conviction, judgment and sentence. The proof is positive that the robbery was committed between eight and nine o’clock on the night of the 12th of March, 1929. The defendant interposed the defense…