The People v. Yaunce

Richard Yaunce, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was indicted with one Eugene Porter in the circuit court of Fayette county on a charge of assault with intent to rob. Porter was not apprehended and defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of one to fourteen years. He brings the cause here contending that the evidence was insufficient to justify the conviction and that the indictment was invalid.

The evidence shows without dispute that defendant, a young man nineteen years of age, was, on the evening of June 1, 1941, in the city of Vandalia in the company…