State v. Klashtorni

The defendant and three others were indicted by the grand jury of Fillmore county for the crime of robbery in the first degree. Upon trial the defendant was convicted, and he appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

On May 7, 1928, about two o’clock in the afternoon; the First National Bank of Spring Valley was robbed by four men. It is claimed that the defendant was one of them. He is identified positively by Hamlin, the president of the bank, and Gilbert, the vice president.

The defendant denied that he participated in the- robbery and claimed that he was in the Twin Cities…