Strider

The defendants were convicted of the crime of robbery. Defendant Crawford appeals from the judgment.

Evidence was adduced at the trial which tended to prove the following facts: Appellant and his co-defendant, Strider, hailed a taxicab, of which one Bates was the driver. Both entered the vehicle and one of them—the evidence does not show which—directed Bates to drive them to a certain street intersection. When the cab neared the place Bates asked at which corner the defendants desired to alight and “they” told him to turn down a certain street and stop at the third house on the left. When Bates reached the place indicated an automobile, with a man and woman seated in it, was found parked there, and “they”—his passengers—-told him to drive further on. When he had gone 100 or 150 feet beyond the parked car “they” told him to stop. He did so, read his taximeter and remarked to Strider and appellant that the fare was a certain amount. Strider then said, the passengers apparently still being in the cab, “To hell with the fare. We want what you have got.” Strider then pointed what looked like a pistol at Bates, and following this action placed it against his back. Strider then said to…