Where, in a hotel room, two men strike and beat another with their hands, strike him in the face with a blunt instrument, and then immediately take his money from the pocket of his trousers which are hanging in a closet eight or ten feet away from the victim, such acts constitute robbery by force under the Code, § 26-2501.

(a) In such circumstances, the' evidence contains the element of force contemplated by the statute. Long v. State, 12 Ga. 293 (9); Smith v. State, 117 Ga. 320 (43 S. E. 736, 97 Am. St. R. 165); Moran v. State, 125 Ga. 33 (53 S. E. 806); Bowen v. State, 16 Ga. App. 110 (84 S. E. 730); Rivers v. State, 46 Ga. App. 778 (5) (169 S. E. 260); Thomas v. State, 54 Ga. App. 747 (2) (189 S. E. 68).

‘(h) It is not necessary that the property be taken directly from one’s person; it is sufficient if it be taken while in his possession and im*764mediate control. Clements v. State, 84 Ga. 660 (11 S. E. 505, 20 Am. St. R. 385); Crawford v. State, 90 Ga. 701 (2) (17 S. E. 628, 35 Am. St. R. 242); Grant v. State, 125 Ga. 259 (54 S. E. 191).

Judgment affirmed.