State v. Bird

1. The robbery is alleged to have taken place at about 6 o’clock in the evening of .October 10, 1921, at or near a farmhouse some distance from Sioux City. The prosecuting witness and one J alie Kriv started from Sioux City in an automobile, to go to Chicago. They contemplated purchasing property in Chicago. It is claimed that Stashevsky had $2,000 in money on his person for that purpose. The two so testify, and an uncle of Stashevsky’s testifies that he had paid Mike that amount shortly before or at about the date stated. Before they left Sioux City, this defendant ivas informed that they,…