People v. Townsend

Defendant, Jonathan Townsend, appeals from a conviction for the crime of armed robbery, contending that the trial court committed reversible error in the admission of certain evidence.

On March 1, 1967, at about 8:15 a. m., a liquor store, known as Bob’s Liquor Store, was held up in East St. Louis, Illinois, by two men who were armed with guns. The only other person in the store at the time was an employee by the name of Bobby Wilson.

Bobby Wilson testified that she was a barmaid and cook at Bob’s Liquor Store in East St. Louis, had worked there for a period of seven years and that about 8:15…