State v. Mitchell

The defendant in this case was convicted of the crime of robbery, alleged to have been committed during the time of the county fair at Clear Lake, in Deuel county, on the 24th day of September, 1931. The complaining witness, Buttedahl, was a bootlegger, and the difficulty between defendant and Buttedahl grew out of the sale of two half pints of alcohol by Buttedahl to defendant. Buttedahl testified, and the defendant admitted, that, after the alcohol had 'been delivered to him, he refused to' pay for it or to return it, and defendant never did pay for the alcohol nor return it. Buttedahl…