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Defendant was convicted of the crime of robbery. He appeals from the judgment and an order of court denying his motion for a new trial.

There is no merit in appellant’s contention that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. The testimony of Tom Jing, the prosecuting witness, is to the effect that defendant, shortly before 6 o’clock P. M., November 2, 1915, entered his place of business, claiming to be a detective, in proof of which he exhibited what purported to be an official star, and accusing Jing of having lottery tickets in his possession, stated that he wanted to search his place. Thereupon defendant, under the pretense of making a search for lottery tickets, put his hand in Jing’s pockets and took therefrom a pocketbook and purse, from which he abstracted $30 in money, a diamond ring valued at $65, and a stickpin worth $15, and putting them in his own pocket, struck Jing upon his jaw and ran out of the store, followed by the prosecuting witness, who later pointed out defendant to a police officer, who arrested him. At the trial Jing positively identified defendant as the man who, in the manner stated, had taken his property. This and other evidence, with…