State v. Welch

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Busch, J.:

Defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree, and appeals.

Defendant, who was a bootlegger of Kansas City, Kan., became associated with one of the organized bands of outlaws which infested Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., in the spring and summer of 1922. On July '22, Joe T. Howard’s cigar store was robbed of $2,072 by three men, who escaped from the scene of the crime in an automobile driven by a fourth man. The robbery was executed according to plans laid at defendant’s home. Defendant had possession for some purpose of a…