William Caldwell v. United States

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of robbing a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113.

On the morning of December 11, 1963, at approximately 10:30 a. m., a man later identified as the defendant entered the Lindell Trust Company in St. Louis, Missouri, and approached teller Barbara Ann Hallam. Carrying a black shaving case and a paper wrapped package, he placed these articles under the teller’s window and told Hallam, “This is a bomb, stand very still, sound no alarms or you will be injured. Give me your tens, fives and twenties.” After defendant…