Bryant v. State
Decision Date | 09 November 1932 |
Docket Number | No. 15473.,15473. |
Parties | BRYANT v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Bowie County; Geo. W. Johnson, Judge.
Johnnie Bryant was convicted of robbery with firearms, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
King, Mahaffey, Wheeler & Bryson, of Texarkana, Tex., and John N. Cook, of Texarkana, Ark., for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.
The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.
H. M. Brock, the injured party, was cashier of the Cotton Oil Company of Texarkana. About two years before the robbery appellant had had a transaction with Mr. Brock, in which he had bought some cotton-seed hulls. It appears that Mr. Brock had not seen appellant since the occasion last mentioned until the day of the robbery. Touching the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offense, Mr. Brock testified on direct examination, in substance, as follows: He was in his office at work when appellant entered the room, held a pistol on him and directed him to "stick 'em up." Appellant was holding the pistol in his left hand and in his right hand he had a four or five pound paper bag. Complying with appellant's request, the witness put his hands up. Appellant handed him the paper bag, directing him to get the money out of the safe and put it in the bag. Complying with appellant's request, he placed thirty or forty dollars in the bag, and handed it to appellant. At this point we quote the testimony of the witness as follows:
On cross-examination the witness testified that when appellant entered the room and pointed the pistol at him he told appellant to come around in the office, having in mind at the time not to let appellant get the money, but to keep him from it; that he did not determine to take hold of appellant in an effort to recover the money until he was handing appellant the sack. We quote from his testimony on cross-examination, in part, as follows:
On redirect examination the witness testified as follows:
Appellant insists that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction for robbery, his position being that the proof fails to show that the money was brought under his dominion and control. The court submitted a charge covering the law of assault with intent to rob. Pursuant to appellant's request, the court instructed the jury as follows: "Now unless you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Johnnie Bryant, actually secured the absolute dominion or the absolute control from H. M. Brock, of the sum of ($30.00) thirty dollars in money, or any sum of money on or about the 24th day of December, 1931, as alleged in the indictment, you will find the defendant not guilty of robbery and so say by your verdict."
In his Annotated Penal Code, section 2427, Mr. Branch states the rules as follows: "To constitute a taking, the property must be brought under the dominion and control of the defendant with power to take it into his manual possession; if the property is attached to the owner or to something else the taking is not complete if the attempt to take it is interrupted before it is severed or detached."
In support of the text the following authorities are cited: Rodriquez v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 71 S. W. 596; Tarrango v. State, 44 Tex. Cr. R. 385, 71 S. W. 597; Herr v. State, 52 Tex. Cr. R. 53, 105 S. W. 190; Walters v. State, 56 Tex. Cr. R. 10, 118 S. W. 543; Clark v. State, 59 Tex. Cr. R. 246, 128 S. W. 131, 29 L. R. A. (N. S.) 323.
We deem the evidence sufficient to support the finding that appellant had brought the money under his dominion and control. The injured party testified, in effect, that he delivered the money to appellant because he was afraid he would shoot him. He testified, further, that he handed the money to appellant and turned loose of the sack at the time he grabbed the...
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