Case Name: CARTER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-15
Citations: 298 S.W. 424
Docket Number: No. 11007
Parties: CARTER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 298
Pages: 424–424

Head Matter:
CARTER v. STATE.
(No. 11007.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 15, 1927.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 19, 1927.
G. W. Bindsey, of Dallas, for appellant.
William McCraw, Crim. Dist. Atty., Andrew J. Priest, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., both of Dallas, and Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
BAKER, J.
The appellant was convicted of robbery with firearms, and his punishment assessed at 99 years in the penitentiary.
The record discloses that the appellant was charged by indictment with robbing W. 0. Jamison, cashier of the Eirst -National Bank of Garland, by the use of firearms, and with taking from his possession $4,541.25 in money on or about April 1, 1926, It appears from the state's testimony that the appellant, a few minutes after noon on the above date, entered the hack door of the bank in question, drew a pistol on the cashier, W. C. Jam-ison, and another on the bookkeeper, Mrs. Oscar Morrison, and compelled the cashier, under threats, to deliver to him the amount of money set out in the indictment. The appellant then locked the cashier, the bookkeeper, and a negro, who had entered the bank, in the vault, and made his escape. He was afterwards located and arrested in the state of Montana, and brought back to Dallas for trial.
The appellant failed to testify.
The record is before us without any bills of exception, and the only question for our consideration is the sufficiency of the testimony to warrant the conviction. The state's witnesses positively identified appellant as being the party who committed the robbery, and, after a careful examination of the entire record, we are of the opinion that the verdict of the jury is amply supported by the testimony.
The judgment of the trial court is therefore affirmed.
PER OURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.