State v. Pope

Lester Pope was convicted of the robbery in the first degree of the Bank of Fairport, a corporation, and appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of five years' imprisonment.

From the State's evidence it appears that soon after the noon hour of July 12, 1933, William E. Johnson and Jesse J. Colter entered the Bank of Fairport and at the point of guns compelled Briscoe Burnham, assistant cashier of said bank, to open the safe door and cash drawer and robbed said bank of $2,147. Johnson and Colter pleaded guilty and testified on behalf of the State against appellant. Their testimony is to the…