REED v. STATE

No. 28316.

293 S.W.2d 609 (1956)

Lon Gilmer REED, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy A. McFarland, Odessa, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

According to the state's testimony, while R. A. Cox, the injured party, and the appellant were drinking beer in a tavern, appellant showed him a blackjack and said that he had the difference. He did not name the person to whom he referred. John R. Hatten arrived and the three then left in Hatten's car...

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