State v. Gerberding

BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury has found the appellant, Wilburn Jerome Gerberding, guilty of robbery in the first degree, "by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon”. V.A.M.S., §§ 560.120, 560.135. In addition the jury specifically found one of three prior felony convictions and, accordingly, fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. V.A.M.S. §§ 556.280-556.290.

As the jury could reasonably find, the circumstances of the robbery were that on the morning of November 29th, 1951, about ten o’clock, Peter Mascazzini returned to the rear of his place of business, 1000 Central Industrial Drive, from…