Vernon Lee Cox v. State

Gus Carras, the prosecuting witness, who was the owner and operator of the Olympia Sea Food Grill located at 3000 Gaston Avenue in the city of Dallas testified that on the night of August 20, 1959, while he was standing behind the cash register, a man came in the place around 8:40 P.M. carrying a shot gun and pointed it at him; that he went to the back and began throwing cups at the man and ordered him out of the place; that while he was in the back, a customer in the place proceeded to take the money out of the cash register, give it to the man with the gun, who, after obtaining the money, left. Carras testified that some $400 was taken without his consent and that at such time he was placed in fear of his life or serious bodily injury. Carras further testified that on such occasion the man with the gun was wearing a hat and black shirt, and had a stocking over his face.