State v. Evans and Blankenbaker

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Johnson County, the defendants were jointly charged with robbery in the first degree. They were tried together and found guilty. The jury fixed the punishment of Evans at imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years and the punishment of Blankenbaker at imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years, and they were sentenced accordingly. Their separate appeals, taken from the separate judgments entered, were briefed and argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion.

The prosecuting witness, W.T. Windsor, testified, in substance, as…