People v. Locke

Respondent was convicted on the charge of having’ on the 12th day of August, 1931, assaulted and robhed one Almond Foster in his grocery store of the sum of $7, and that at the time of committing* said assault and robbery he was armed with a dangerous weapon and intended to kill or maim if resisted. The defense was an alibi.

It is the claim of the people that while respondent did not actually commit the robbery himself, yet he was a participant in that he planned the robbery, furnished the guns for the holdup, and waited outside in an automobile while the robbery was committed. When the cause…