State v. Calhoun

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery in the first degree as defined by G. S. 1949, 21-527, which now appears as K. S. A. 21-527.

Highly summarized, the evidence established that on the evening in question one Jacques entered a cafe in Wichita. He had a large roll of currency in his pocket amounting to $580. When paying for beer and cigars he exhibited his “roll.” A woman by the name of Spann was in the cafe at the time and observed the roll of bills. Shortly thereafter she went to defendant’s apartment and told him that there was a…