State v. Blackmore and Godsey

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Johnson County appellants and one Charley Jones were jointly charged with robbery in the first degree, the information charging that they had robbed the Bank of Knobnoster on March 15, 1928. They were granted a change of venue to Cooper County. Jones pleaded guilty. Appellants Blackmore and Godsey were tried jointly in March, 1929, and convicted, and each was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. They have perfected a joint appeal to this court.

Numerous alleged errors are set forth in appellants' motion for a new trial, of…