State v. Mathiasen

Sheran, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of a felony. Defendant was charged with first-degree robbery in violation of Minn. St. 619.42(2), it being alleged that he did “feloniously rob, take, steal, and carry away from the person and possession of one William Duncan, Two Hundred and no/100 ($200.00) Dollars.”

Duncan, called as a witness by the state, was bom in 1896 and lives between Howard Lake and Cokato, Minnesota. He had $200 (ten twenties) in his billfold when, on Friday, May 25, 1962, he drove to the A and D Bar in St. Cloud. Arriving there about noon, he became…