State v. Turner

Defendant and two others were charged with assault with intent to rob. The gist of the offense charged was that Turner and his companions entered a small grocery store in Portland with the intent to rob the proprietors of the store. The state claimed that Turner pointed a loaded gun at a lady proprietor and ordered her to put up her hands. When she hesitated Turner, it was claimed, struck her with the gun. The three men then fled the scene. The assault was alleged to have occurred in the early afternoon.

Turner’s two companions were arrested later in the afternoon and gave the police…