State v. Moore.

On May 2, 1929, the prosecuting attorney filed an information in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, charging that defendant, on February 22, 1922, committed the felony of robbery in the first degree. Tried to a jury, a verdict was returned finding defendant guilty and assessing his punishment at twenty years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The facts adduced advise that Chris Heller, Sr., conducted a retail butcher shop in the city of St. Joseph at 2144 South Sixth Street. On February 22, 1922, he was sixty-five years of age. On…